JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER

As we head into the summer months in the northern hemisphere, my work continues apace. My primary focus is preparing my next manuscript for publication, which involves, among other things, changing Canadian to American spellings, putting footnotes into the publisher's preferred form, securing permissions, and organizing the material according to specified standards. The title once again is "Belonging to God: A Catechism's Relevance for Private and Public Life." I cannot yet say when it will be published, but I expect to have more information on this once it has been submitted to the publisher. 

At the beginning of this month, I participated in a one-day conference at Wycliffe College in Toronto dedicated to Reckoning with Christian Nationalism. The principal speaker was James Wood, one of the contributors to the Presbyterian Church in America's synodical report on the phenomenon. I was one of two respondents, along with Kristen Deede Johnson, currently Principal of Wycliffe College. My principal points can be found by clicking the link above, as well as here where I continue my remarks.

I owe a great deal to the late Rev. Timothy Keller, who passed from this life into the next three years ago last month. Between 2020 and 2022 he endorsed my book, Political Visions and Illusions, several times, thereby expanding its reach much farther than it might otherwise have gone. I never had a chance to express my gratitude personally for this, but I did include an acknowledgement of his role in my latest book, Citizenship Without Illusions. As it turns out, Keller continues posthumously to push my writings, as indicated in the recent publication on his website of something he wrote in the months before his passing: A Political Case Study: Four Americas, Ideologies, & Idolatries. Drawing on my analysis in Political Visions and Illusions, part one was published last month. The second part is due out sometime this summer.

Although I cannot wear the conservative label without considerable qualification, I am an admirer of Edmund Burke, who anticipated the negative direction of the French Revolution before it assumed its most destructive form. Here is my tribute: Burk's continuing relevance. Next month I will have more to say on Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, on whom Burke was a significant influence.

The Center for Public Justice has a nascent Brazilian counterpart, with which I have an ongoing connection. I spoke to the group in March, and just last week I was privileged to converse with two of its leaders over Instagram: Justiça pública: questions and answers. You can access the conversation by clicking on the link in my blog post.

Finally, some weeks ago I received a moving tribute from a young British woman, Victoria Paynter, who was part of the CARE cohort to whom I had spoken in the past. With her permission, I share her words below:

I'm just reaching out to share my appreciation for both Political Visions and Illusions, which - as you know - we read as part of the programme, and also your sequel Citizenship Without Illusions. The latter was my favourite read of the Easter recess (and, indeed, the year to date) - it is so compelling. It's very complementary to a lot of what I've been thinking through recently as I toy with a partisan faction called 'Blue Labour' - which draws heavily on CST and offers a communitarian (even covenantal) vision for our politics.

I wanted to let you know that I've bought two more copies of CWI to give as gifts to the two lecturers who have been leading our Political Theology module this term, which we'll all write short notes in. I hope they'll enjoy it as much as I did!

Thank you for helping to shape and stimulate my political and theological imagination. I'm incredibly grateful, and a big fan of yours!

May the Lord continue to bless you in your future endeavours.

I find it difficult to maintain dry eyes after reading something like this. I am grateful for her kind words for my work.

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Yours in God's service,

David Koyzis, Global Scholar