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| Release date | February 2011 |
That's a suuuuper complicated question.
I don't think a Christian political state is inherently a bad thing, but historically it's resulted in fallible humans trying to claim some of God's sovereignty for themselves. And in some sense, the Church always has a political aspect, though not quite the same aspect as the State. I also believe that all things are ordained by God in some sense, so even evil political leaders can end up enforcing God's social order, but not intentionally.
Our "separation of Church and State" model (which comes from Augustine via Luther) has, in practice, usually ended up turning into "subsuming of Church into State", where the State takes over some of the functions that historically belong to the Church. This includes some ultimate attributes, symbolic immortality, etc. It's been a slow migration. People living in politically stable areas (so disregarding tribal warfare, e.g. Britain during the Dark Ages, for now) who were once willing to die for "God" then were willing to die for "God and Country" and then "King and Country" and now just "Country".
So, I guess my answer is "kinda" and also "you should read some William Cavanaugh".