Nathanael Blake
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nathanael Blake, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His primary research interests are American political theory, Christian political thought, and the intersection of natural law and philosophical hermeneutics. His published scholarship has included work on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Alasdair MacIntyre, Russell Kirk and J.R.R. Tolkien. He is currently working on a study of Kierkegaard and labor. As a cultural observer and commentator, he is also fascinated at how our secularizing culture develops substitutes for the loss of religious symbols, meaning and order.
Nathanael Blake, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His primary research interests are American political theory, Christian political thought, and the intersection of natural law and philosophical hermeneutics. His published scholarship has included work on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Alasdair MacIntyre, Russell Kirk and J.R.R. Tolkien. He is currently working on a study of Kierkegaard and labor. As a cultural observer and commentator, he is also fascinated at how our secularizing culture develops substitutes for the loss of religious symbols, meaning and order.
Dr. Blake grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and received an undergraduate degree in microbiology with a chemistry minor from Oregon State University. After working as a writer and editor in the pro-life movement, he enrolled in graduate studies at the Catholic University of America, earning a doctorate in political theory. His dissertation was titled: “Natural Law and History: The Use and Abuse of Practical Reason.” Blake was a Richard M. Weaver Fellow of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and served as an adjunct professor of American Government at Wheeling Jesuit University.
Dr. Blake is a Senior Contributor to The Federalist, where he has published over 150 pieces since 2017. His work has been published in a variety of publications, including Public Discourse, The Catholic World Report, and National Review.
An evangelical Christian, Blake helps lead worship at his church—he particularly enjoys playing old hymns on double bass.
Strangling For Sexual Sport Is Exactly The Kind Of Thing We Should ‘Kink-Shame’
Nathanael Blake
If sexual liberation can’t even provide good sex, then what possible reason is there to keep pursuing it?
Articles
The Federalist / April 18, 2024
A model of courage in Scotland
Nathanael Blake
J.K. Rowling challenges an unjust gender law, and we must challenge its roots in the sexual revolution.
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WORLD Opinions / April 10, 2024
Pro-life persuasion and leadership
Nathanael Blake
Less than two years after the generational victory of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, the pro-life movement is facing generational catastrophe.
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The Catholic World Report / April 10, 2024
Side Effects Of Transgender ‘Medicine’ Show It Isn’t Just Junk Science, It’s Malpractice
Nathanael Blake
Instead of the superstition of gender ideology, and the injuries it inflicts through its revolt against reality, we need a return to medicine that does no harm.
Articles
The Federalist / April 3, 2024
Democrats Lie About Late-Term Abortion To Make Themselves Feel Better
Nathanael Blake
Democrats cannot fully hide the horrible reality of abortion, even from themselves.
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The Federalist / March 27, 2024
Made, not begotten: Why we said “No!” to in vitro fertilization
Nathanael Blake
We should not expect much courage from politicians, but Christians are called to bear witness to the truth, regardless of what opinion polls show. And the truth is that IVF is wrong.
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Catholic World Report / March 22, 2024
Trans Ideologues Would Rather Revolt Against Reality Than Admit They Were Wrong
Nathanael Blake
Declaring war against reality might just be crazy enough to work.
Articles
The Federalist / March 14, 2024
Science Keeps Obliterating The Left’s Favorite Transgender Narratives
Nathanael Blake
The continued lack of evidence for ‘gender-affirming care’ is pushing gender ideologues to increasingly brazen lies as their position collapses.
Articles
The Federalist / March 6, 2024
Why Protestants Convert To Catholicism
Nathanael Blake
Conversions rarely begin from theological contemplation, but from a sense that Protestantism lacks something Catholicism has.
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The Federalist / February 19, 2024
Leftists Say They Don’t Like Late-Term Abortions But Then Lament They Can’t Kill More Babies…
Nathanael Blake
Support for abortion has atrophied consciences so badly that its backers cheer elective abortions of healthy babies in the third trimester.
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The Federalist / February 16, 2024