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Patience GriswoldFeatured

Executive Orders Don't Make Buildings Beautiful - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A draft executive order has recently riled up the architectural community. Entitled “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” it points out the ugliness in a number of modern architectural movements and calls for a return to classical and other traditional styles […]

Samuel JamesFeaturedCurrent Politics

Dwyane Wade's Selective Essentialism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Dwyane Wade’s enthusiasm for his child’s gender transition offers a fascinating example of transgender ideology’s selective performativity. Wade’s 12-year-old son, born Zion, recently announced he wanted to be referred to as a “she.” During an appearance on Ellen, Wade discussed […]

Caleb WaitPrayerCultureTheologyChurchMere Fidelityreligion

"The Lord's Prayer," with Dr. Wesley Hill

"The Lord's Prayer," with Dr. Wesley Hill

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Key Question the Sanders Campaign Must Answer | Mere Orthodoxy

By the end of the Democratic primary we are likely going to be far closer to knowing if ours is a revolutionary age or merely an era of stable decadence.

Micah HarrisFeaturedChurch

Why Churches Need Artists | Mere Orthodoxy

In loving our artists, churches can experience something urgent about ourselves that cannot be had in any other way.

Jake Meador

Honesty and Extremism | Commonplaces

When a movement's intellectuals can't even manage to be intellectually honest and become concerned exclusively with power, that movement has lost itself.

Caleb WaitCultureTheologySciencemetaphysicsMere Fidelitynihilismatheism

"Science and The Good," with Dr. Paul Nedelisky

"Science and The Good," with Dr. Paul Nedelisky

Paul Frank SpencerFeatured

A Hidden Life According to Neil Postman | Mere Orthodoxy

Postman's critique of hot and cold media presents an interesting lens through which to consider Malick's new film "A Hidden Life."

Tara Isabella BurtonFeaturedAnthropology

Star of the Sea | Mere Orthodoxy

This is an essay about Mary. This is a piece of theology. This is a story about a man I didn't know. This is a debate between proponents of different views.

Susannah Black Roberts

On Chosen Family in East Village Vaguely Soviet Speakeasies - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last night, we launched Issue 23 of Plough Quarterly, at the Red Room at KGB Bar on East 4th Street. I went there first when I was probably sixteen or so, for a book launch of my father’s, and I’ve […]

Kyle WilliamsFeaturedEconomics and Business

Happiness, Virtue, and the Bastard Science - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Happiness is a personal problem. Or so it may seem. Consider the self-help section. A library of recent books offers just the right mindset, self-care regimen, or practical hack for troubled souls who, presumably, hope that one more piece of […]

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsHistory

Auschwitz - Radio Free Thulcandra

The only Auschwitz survivor I knew well was my friend Claire Fiala. She died about 18 months ago; she was my neighbor, and I spent a couple of winters shoveling her walk, until, in the last two years of her […]