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Matthew Lee Anderson

Beatitudes: “The Merciful” - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Continuing the series of discussions on the Beatitudes, Matt, Alastair, and Derek come to “Blessed are the merciful.” Mercy is a virtue that has enormous possibilities for social transformation. It is so central to God’s identity and to ours as […]

Cameron ShafferFeatured

Book Review: Reparations by Duke Kwon and Greg Thompson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I In Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance & Repair (Brazos Press, 2021), Presbyterian Church in America ministers Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson lay out their biblical and historical case for the American church making reparations to African Americans. […]

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 9: The Holy Spirit… who with the Father and the Son is Worshiped and Glorified

Passages: Season 1, Episode 9: The Holy Spirit... who with the Father and the Son is Worshiped and Glorified - Passages

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 9: The Holy Spirit… who with the Father and the Son is Worshiped and Glorified

Passages: Season 1, Episode 9: The Holy Spirit... who with the Father and the Son is Worshiped and Glorified - Passages

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

Racism and Whiteness: Bad Words We Have to Live With - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Like anyone who has thought about the problem of race for more than five minutes, I find the topic of language and terminology vexing. Terms like racism, anti-blackness, ethnocentric, antiracist, white supremacy, whiteness, prejudice, (and now quite unfortunately) woke or […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘Baptism,’ with Dr. Peter Leithart

‘Baptism,’ with Dr. Peter Leithart

Timon ClineFeatured

What Theonomy Gets Wrong About the Law - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Theonomy talk has resurfaced. Perhaps, this is the Protestant-evangelical concomitant to the Integralist debate presently occupying politically astute Catholicism. I welcome it. If nothing else, it means that Christians are taking politics (and public morality) seriously again. A robust debate […]

Brewer EberlyFeatured

A Conversation with Lydia Dugdale, MD: "The Lost Art of Dying" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How are we supposed to die? As a resident physician and fellow of Duke’s Theology, Medicine, & Culture Initiative, I’m convinced that this question will only become more pressing for Christians. Medicine is among the most powerful forces shaping how […]

Benjamin WoollardFeatured

Water is a Single Substance - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps (Ps. 148:7) Water is a single substance. Each and every instantiation of the liquid merges with every other. Each molecule composes the same body, longing for union with its […]

Grace HammanFeaturedEthicsFormation

Know Thyself: What Medieval Christians Teach Us About Humility - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Are Americans humble?” a family member asked as I explained part of my dissertation on medieval humility to him. “Um… I don’t really think so. Not generally,” I awkwardly mumbled. This answer was unsatisfactory; firstly, because I bungled it. Secondly, […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 9: Eastertide

Join Erin and Danielle as they talk the glories of Easter and Eastertide and what we can learn from this season about sanctification and sabbathing well.

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 8: We believe in the Holy Spirit

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.