AbstractWilliam Bain’s book does a brilliant job excavating some key conceptual underpinnings of our contemporary discussions about order, but he has perhaps underplayed the importance of nominalism in structuring our present.KeywordsDisenchantmentorderpolitical theologyWilliam BainGet full access to this articleView all access options for this article.Get accessReferences1. Abbott A (2001) Chaos of Disciplines. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.2. Carr EH (2001) The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations. London: Palgrave Macmillan.