Christ or Barabbas? Christian Political Theology in a Post-Christian Society

Dr. Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of politics at the Catholic University of America, where he works on the connections between the republican tradition, technology and national security. He is currently working on two books: A Muse of Fire: Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on what happens to wartime innovations when the war is over, and The Shot in the Dark: A History of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, the first comprehensive overview of a unit that helped the Army adapt to the post-9/11 era of counterinsurgency and global power competition. His writing has appeared in publications such as The New Atlantis, Foreign Policy, American Affairs and Comment. He is also a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.