The Core Tenets of Conservative Theology of Politics: A Christian Theological Critique of Neo-Marxism and Identity Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798253704141)

The United States emerged as a union of thirteen colonies, most of which, if not all, imposed religious tests for holding public office. This historical fact alone testifies to the central role Christianity played in shaping the nation's early political imagination. Religion was a moral and metaphysical foundation that ordered public life, restrained political power, and grounded legitimacy. Those who sought public office were expected to uphold a shared moral framework regarded as truthful, authoritative, and socially binding by the majority of the population. The Founders assumed that liberty could not survive without virtue, and that virtue was inseparable from Christianity. Political legitimacy rested upon a shared moral order that preceded the state.

In an age of ideological confusion, cultural fragmentation, and moral uncertainty, The Core Tenets of Conservative Theology of Politics offers a bold and uncompromising response rooted in the enduring truths of the Christian tradition.

Drawing from Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the broader Judeo-Christian intellectual heritage, Nikola Knezevic presents a rigorous theological framework for understanding the political and cultural crises of our time. This work confronts the rise of Neo-Marxist ideology, critical theory, identity politics, and progressive reinterpretations of Christianity-arguing that these movements function not merely as political trends, but as competing pseudo-religious systems.

At its core, this book advances Radical Political Theology-a vision in which theology is not subordinate to politics, but serves as its moral and metaphysical foundation. Knezevic contends that the survival of Western civilization depends on recovering a transcendent moral order grounded in divine law, the dignity of the human person, and the theological anthropology preserved within the Christian tradition.

Through a series of penetrating essays, the book explores:

• The divine origin of morality and law
• Cultural Marxism as a modern pseudo-religion
• The clash between Christian anthropology and gender ideology
• The theological critique of Critical Race Theory
• The dangers of progressive and identity-based theologies
• The role of theosis in human destiny
• Christianity's relationship to political responsibility, nationalism, and just war
• The spiritual and civilizational challenges posed by radical Islam

Written from the perspective of an immigrant shaped by both Eastern European history and American experience, this work combines theological depth with cultural urgency. It is both a critique and a call to action-challenging readers to reclaim the moral and spiritual foundations necessary for a free and just society.

This book is intended for theologians, scholars, political thinkers, and all who seek a serious and principled Christian response to the ideological currents shaping the modern world.

Endorsements:

By returning to Scripture and the Patristic tradition as sources of cultural coherence, the book exposes the fragility of modern ideological projects built on relativism, technocracy, and identity politics. Its argument is sober and urgent: without recovering the metaphysical truths that shaped our civilization, we cannot restore social stability or resist the forces that seek to dissolve it. This is a clear, courageous, and intellectually grounded analysis of the deeper roots of our present disorder.

Misa Djurkovic, Principal research fellow, Institute of European Studies (University of Belgrade), Serbia

Author: Nikola Knezevic
ISBN-13: 9798253704141
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2026
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d