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Gerald J. RusselloFeaturedCurrent Politics

A Catholic Judge in a Post-Liberal Age - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court has once again raised the question of the role of Catholicism in American public life. Catholic judges are often in the position. But in interesting ways, she may represent […]

Anthony BarrFeaturedEconomics and Business

It's Not the Economy: Big Tech, Anti-Trust, & the Future of Political Liberalism

The primary problems Big Tech creates are not primarily economic, but political. As such, anti-trust measures only brush against the main issue.

Vika PecherskyFeaturedCurrent Politics

This Gruesome Guest - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Nihilism is at our door: whence comes this most gruesome of all guests to us? —Friedrich Nietzsche[1] If nihilism devalues even the highest of values, we can state with a fair amount of certainty that we are living in it […]

Matthew LaPineFeaturedembodimentAnthropology

The Logic of the Body - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A Thomistic psychology will help us understand the complex relationship between our bodies and our emotions, helping us know how to aid wounded people.

Stephen G. AdubatoFeaturedCurrent Politics

J. Cole’s "For Your Eyez Only" Gives Hope for Change Beyond Elections

In my lessons on Christianity and social justice, I always feature clips from J. Cole’s 2017 HBO documentary For Your Eyez Only. The film, directed by Cole and Scott Lazer, features interviews with residents of small black cities throughout the […]

Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics

Honor Thy Boomer - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]

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Laura CerbusFeatured

Reading Emily Dickinson with Job - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A few months ago, a Mynah hatchling fell out of its nest in one of our carport rafters. When we found it, it was lying awkwardly on the ground, clearly hurt beyond our capacity to heal. Nonetheless, my kids insisted […]

Cameron ShafferFeaturedCurrent Politics

All Monuments Must Fall | Mere Orthodoxy

Contemporary iconoclasts would do well to learn from older generations of iconoclasts who recognized that no publicly revered figure is truly righteous.

Matthew SheddenReadingTechnology

Limitation - Trivial

One resistance to the technological age I tried to practice recently is avoiding books from authors with active social media presences. Obviously, I have exceptions to this rule, but it seems good writers are struggling to get book contracts without […]

Matthew SheddenReadingTechnology

Limitation - Trivial

One resistance to the technological age I tried to practice recently is avoiding books from authors with active social media presences. Obviously, I have exceptions to this rule, but it seems good writers are struggling to get book contracts without […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

An Interview with Andrew Peterson About "The Wingfeather Saga" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the few highlights of 2020 for me has been getting to read the Wingfeather Saga to my kids. It gave us a bedtime routine and something to look forward to every night for several months as we made […]