Paul Kingsnorth’s 2024 Erasmus Lecture, “Against Christian Civilization,” was less a lecture than an exhortation. His target was partly “civilizational Christianity,” represented by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Jordan Peterson, who, Kingsnorth claims, turn the faith into a weapon in the battle to save Western civilization. Preserving Western civilization may, Kingsnorth acknowledges, be a good, but it’s not the same as following and obeying the Lord Jesus. 

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