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John SheltonFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Evangelical Innovators C. S. Lewis Warned Us About

Lewis warned readers of the consequences of rejecting nature. Today that rejection often manifests itself as individualism. It is rampant in evangelicalism.

Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch

On Rebuilding - Radio Free Thulcandra

Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

On Being Consistently Pro-Life | Mere Orthodoxy

We should all strive to be consistent in our pursuit of a pro-life political agenda. But agreeing on objectives is distinct from agreeing on policies.

Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurch

The Church's One Foundation and the Fire at Notre Dame

The church will endure even when her great treasures fade. But will today's church be capable of creating our own treasures to give to those who follow us?

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

The Rise of The "Nones" w/ Dr. Tricia Bruce

The Rise of The "Nones" w/ Dr. Tricia Bruce

E. J. HutchinsonFeatured

On Marianne Moore's "Poetry" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Why do we read poetry? Why should we? April is National Poetry Month, so it makes sense to take advantage of it to introduce a new series on poetry at Mere Orthodoxy. Its objective is simple: to read some poems, […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

The End of Christendom: Notes on the Burning of Notre Dame - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The burning of Notre Dame is a great loss to the global church. But in the burning is a call to those of us living through such days: We must rebuild.

James ClarkPoliticsFeatured

Natural Law and the Prospects of Persuasion - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When American evangelicals began to earnestly engage in conventional politics in the 1950s, a problem emerged. As David L. Weeks put it in a 2001 article, “Evangelicals have never developed a coherent and compelling political philosophy. Instead, they have relied […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

Biblicism

Biblicism

Daniel DeCarloFamilyFeatured

Love in the Time of Jordan Peterson | Mere Orthodoxy

Jordan Peterson's project is largely about reconciling disillusioned young men to a neo-liberal order that otherwise doesn't have room for them.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

Desire, Duty, and Dynamite | Mere Orthodoxy

The crises of the earth's degradation and of familial life both have a common source--a refusal to live as an embodied members of a natural order.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Whose Reaganism? Which Republicanism? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The rhetoric and the actual policies passed by Reaganites seldom aligned. When we condemn Reaganism, what are we condemning? The ideas or the policies?