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Brandon McGinleyFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

The Perpetual Motion Machine and the Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The virus unsettles our sanitary security, but the effect is magnified by its jamming the economy. We must confront questions we thought were behind us.

Caleb Wait

"Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin," with Dr. Taylor Patrick O'Neill - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What hath St. Thomas to do with predestination? Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill joins Matt and Derek to discuss his recent book, Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin: A Thomistic Analysis, to examine the Thomist understanding of predestination and how […]

Matthew LaPineFeatured

Seeing Jack: The Prodigal in Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead"

What do you do when a prodigal returns but does not repent? How are you to look at the ambiguous physical return of the prodigal?

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Public Reasoning in a Pandemic: Responding to Reno, Moore, & Littlejohn

Christian intellectuals must instruct everyone in their moral reasoning about the pandemic but also must guide our leaders in their public responsibilities.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

"No Wealth but Life": Moral Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

Christian freedom means love of neighbor. What does this mean in the face of pandemic and recession? The same as it has always meant.

Caleb Wait

Omnium Gatherum Pt. 2: Q&A - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The whole cast and crew of Matt, Derek, Alastair, and Andrew, are here to answer questions from listeners of Mere Fidelity. Listen in as the guys tackle the following: Where does one start reading the early church fathers, does the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

On Being 'Pro-Life' in a Pandemic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What does it mean to be ‘pro-life’ when we’re in the midst of coronavirus and our economy is crashing as we try to contain it? The question has received some attention in recent days, in part because of our President’s […]

Bill MeloneFeaturedAnthropology

The Tribe of Ishmael: Whiteness and Christian Identity

Does Peter's sin in Galatians 2 include a kind of racism? Our answer to the question will inform our attitude toward 'whiteness' in American evangelicalism.

Jake Meador

Steel Manning "First Things" | Commonplaces

R. R. Reno's reactionary writing about COVID-19 is misguided and wrong, but we should take the time to understand why rather than simply mock his arguments.

Jake Meador

Steel Manning "First Things" | Commonplaces

R. R. Reno's reactionary writing about COVID-19 is misguided and wrong, but we should take the time to understand why rather than simply mock his arguments.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Augustine Amongst the Strong Gods | Mere Orthodoxy

R. R. Reno's "Return of the Strong Gods" makes a devastating critique of Popper's open society but is insufficiently critical of the strong gods themselves.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

Learning in Quarantine | Mere Orthodoxy

We must do our work. We must do it in unfavorable conditions. We must do it before the specter of Death’s hooked and gnarled finger.