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We're All Legalists Now: Notes on Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Address

Alexander Solzhenitsyn opens his Harvard commencement address with a statement that is characteristically Russian, something Dostoyevsky would probably say — “The truth is seldom pleasant; it is invariably bitter.”

Andrew ArndtFeaturedChurch

How Not to Talk About Pastoral Ministry During a Plague - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’m generally not one to complain about tone when assessing a book or article; I don’t love the foray into hopeless subjectivity that such a move (to me, anyhow) usually represents. But there are times when tone matters and you […]

Daniel DeCarlo

The Education of Ross Douthat: Reviewing The Decadent Society

Douthat's latest feels almost comically outdated today, even six weeks after publication, but where the book is wrong is also where it is most illuminating.

Andrew WalkerFeaturedEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Moral Realism, Public Health, and Truth Telling Amid COVID-19

As we look toward life after COVID-19, we must do so with a more capacious understanding of public health that encompasses all of a society's life together.

Caleb Wait

Eastertide In The Time of Coronavirus - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matt, Derek, and Alastair discuss how they are celebrating Easter in the time of coronavirus, and how the Eastertide season looks to them in quarantine. Listen in for insights on how to celebrate the victory over death in the midst […]

John LeeFeaturedEconomics and Business

Ark of Consumerism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rockefeller Center sprawls for 22 acres in one of the densest cities on earth, its highest tower stretches 850 feet into the sky, and it has over 8,000,000 square feet of office and retail space. Within this complex dwells a […]

Brewer EberlyFeaturedHealth and Medicine

Medical (and Theological) Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The great challenge for doctors and nurses during a pandemic is not finding easy answers, but being the kind of people able to provide dignified care.

Rhys LavertyFeatured

Thomas Reviews Worship Songs: Above All | Mere Orthodoxy

In both his humanity and Godhead, Christ’s last end is the Divine Essence. Thus, He cannot be said to have thought of me above all.

Christopher MyersFeaturedChurch

The Stripped Altar and the Body of Christ | Mere Orthodoxy

Just as Jesus will not feast again until all his people are gathered together, so the church now fasts until our congregations can come together again.

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

What America Needs Now: A Marianne Williamson Unity Cabinet

We need a political system that mirrors the best in us, and that is why we need a unity ticket with a cabinet selected by Marianne Williamson.

Nathan CantuFeaturedHealth and MedicineFormation

Prudence, Paranoia, and Loving Our Neighbor | Mere Orthodoxy

In order to love our neighbors well, the church must commit itself to faith in Christ and the prudent practice of neighborly love.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

Our Lives or Our Freedom: The Fear of Tyranny in a Time of Pandemic

Much of the debate about the pandemic's effect on our freedom begins with a severely mistaken notion of freedom.