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.
Neither an Ahmarist Nor a Frenchman Be
Nathanael Blake
Instead of celebrating the recent monumental pro-life victory, David French and Sohrab Ahmari are using the Dobbs decision as a chance to lay into perceived enemies on the Right.
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The Catholic World Report / July 14, 2022
Dear Prolifers: Your Labor Was Not In Vain
Nathanael Blake
The national regime of abortion on demand imposed by Roe v. Wade is over, thanks as much to the humble and unheralded as to the powerful and connected.
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The Federalist / June 28, 2022
The More Americans Decide The System Is Rigged, The More They Will Silently Rebel
Nathanael Blake
What happens when the people who have been the backbone of America realize the system is rigged against them and stop supporting it?
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The Federalist / June 21, 2022
The Left Has Chosen To Prioritize Sex Over Solidarity, With Tragic Consequences
Nathanael Blake
The left’s abandonment of the working class is epitomized by a plan to take school lunches away from the poor in order to push an LGBT agenda.
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The Federalist / June 13, 2022
Scared About Gun Violence? Vote Republican, Get A Gun, And Prepare For Self-Defense
Nathanael Blake
The more the left encourages crime and social disintegration, the more the rest of us must prepare to defend ourselves and our families.
The Federalist / June 6, 2022
Biden’s Trans Policies Are Putting Men In Women’s Prisons And Kicking Christians Out Of Law…
Nathanael Blake
A lot of good cops are going to be pushed out over this, but at least criminals will be referred to by their preferred pronouns.
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The Federalist / June 2, 2022
Fear and trembling, as well as comfort, in reading the words of Jesus
Nathanael Blake
The Jesus of the Bible is not a laid-back dude saying, “You do you, man.” Rather, He tells us that we are in danger of Hell and insists that we follow Him to be saved.
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Catholic World Report / June 2, 2022
Why Mothers Have A Duty To Nourish Any Children Inside Their Wombs
Nathanael Blake
The flaws of an old hypothetical also illuminate the weakness of contemporary arguments for abortion grounded on claims of bodily autonomy.
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The Federalist / May 23, 2022
What’s Inside Abortion Supporters’ Illogical Resentment Against ‘Forced Birth’
Nathanael Blake
Liberal complaints about ‘forced birth’ demonstrate an anti-human ideology that poisons the self-giving of love.
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the Federalist / May 10, 2022
Elon Musk Can’t Fix Twitter’s Ego Problem
Nathanael Blake
The human need for recognition impels us toward engagement, and bitterness when it does not give us the attention and affirmation we crave.
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The Federalist / May 5, 2022
The Problems of Putting off Children
Nathanael Blake
A vision of control based on ambition, education, and income has come to dominate professional-class perspectives on having children, but we should reject these mistaken cultural pressures and remember that truly abundant life is achieved through giving and receiving love.
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Public Discourse / May 3, 2022
