Doug Wilson Acquits Himself Well On CNN

Doug Wilson’s recent appearance on CNN has upset all of the right people. It appears Doug Wilson’s church plant in Washington, DC, garnered the attention of the liberal media, prompting CNN to do an interview where Wilson defends Christian Nationalism. The interview features a few spicy clips where Wilson, also his fellow elders, affirm male headship in marriage and advocate for a Christian world.

The interview features a journalist stunned that Doug Wilson would affirm that nations should be Christian, aknowledging all nations are de facto theocracies. Thinking she had a gotcha, Wilson wa asked about Saudi Arabia, to which he responded that if her were in Saudi Arabia, he would expect that the laws of their god be enforced.

The most controversial clip stemmed from his view of women’s suffrage whereby Wilson and Jared Longshore articulated an opposition to the 19th Amendment rarely seen on cable news, arguing for male headship in marriage and extending the benefits of this to voting as well.

Feminists took to social media to decry this clip, but it is hardly disagreeable as the suffragette movement is fraught with anti-Christian literature. First-wave feminism was about upending male headship, not only in the home but in broader society. As an added absurdity, it became so that women could vote to send men off to die in war. Democratized militaries, ie, hoplites, are the basis of democratic governance in general. But Wilson was articulate in defending his views.

The biggest flaw in Wilson’s performance was the indication that he believed that Christian Nationalism was about ushering in Christ’s return. This is based on the narrator’s comments rather than Wilson’s, but this would stand in contrast to Christian Nationalists, who delineate eschatology from political theology, and theonomists who do not. Despite seeming to bring escatology into the unaired interview segments, Wilson plays a long game, believing America will be a Christian nation in about 250 years, a far cry from an imminent eschatology seen in historic premillennial movements.

Doug Wilson may not represent the purest form of Christian Nationalism, but he nevertheless advanced the cause through his appearance on CNN and the church plant in DC.