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Emily BrighamFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Insignificance of Voting - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“. . . [F]or the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived […]

Myles WerntzBook Reviewsrace

Book Review: White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Jones's new book uses sociological data to lay out a plain and uncomfortable truth for America's white churches: the problem of racism is pervasive.

Casey ChalkFeatured

The Wind in the Willows: A Tribute to Home and Friendship

Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" offers readers a delightful and childlike account of the beauty of home and simple friendships.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Announcing the Mere Orthodoxy KickStarter - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We have officially launched our KickStarter campaign! What follows is cross-posted from KickStarter: A Christian Magazine for Rootless Times Ours is a society of orphans, of people who don’t belong to anyone. Americans report skyrocketing rates of loneliness and mental […]

Onsi A. KamelFeatured

The World Was Not Worthy: In Memoriam Fr Paul Mankowski

Fr. Paul, like the Lord he followed, wandered in barren places for many days. He has now been called home to his eternal rest.

Nicholas MeverelFeatured

Memes and Icons | Mere Orthodoxy

Memes and icons are not merely two alternative forms of visual communication; they actually gesture toward two radically different concepts of reality.

Caleb Wait

Fashion Theology,' with Dr. Robert Covolo - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What hath Jerusalem to do with Paris, or Carthage with Milan? Dr. Robert Covolo—Director of the Center for Pastoral Residents at Christ Church Sierra Madre, former scholar at the Visual Faith Institute of Art and Architecture and faculty at the […]

KJ DrakeFeatured

Book Review: The Ascension of Christ by Patrick Schreiner - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It is de rigeur to begin any work on the ascension with the contemporary church’s neglect of the doctrine. Despite numerous books published on the ascension in the past generation and the prominence of the doctrine in the creeds this […]

Joshua JensenBibleFeatured

Straightening Out the Bible? | Mere Orthodoxy

Joshua Jensen on how Bible translators should think about their work, about Scripture, and about the readers of their translations.

Elijah Del MedigoFeatured

Daf Yomi in Quarantine - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Throughout centuries of exile, the Talmud has been an oasis of calm for the Jewish people. Heinrich Heine famously called it “the portable homeland of the Jewish people.” The study of Talmud, even in the centuries-long suspension of national sovereignty, […]

Jake Meador

Lies, Liberalism, and Sullivan - Commonplaces

Background: Start by reading Ben Smith’s profile of Andrew Sullivan for the New York Times. Then read my friend Rod Dreher’s defense of Sullivan. One of the smartest responses back when everyone was debating Rod’s Benedict Option came from Andy Crouch, […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

'Jesus and the Forces of Death,' with Dr. Matthew Thiessen

'Jesus and the Forces of Death,' with Dr. Matthew Thiessen