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Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Kids These Days by Malcolm Harris | Mere Orthodoxy

Harris offers a devastating indictment of the late capitalist order, but because he lacks an account of personhood he struggles to define an alternative.

Caleb Wait

The ETS Special with Dr. Fred Sanders, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, and Dr. Matthew Emerson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matt and Derek are at ETS in San Diego and are joined by friends of the show, Dr. Fred Sanders, Dr. Gavin Ortlund, and Dr. Matthew Emerson. Banter aside, this episode gives a great look at what kind of fun […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

An Introduction to Life, Liturgy, and the Little Years

The liturgical seasons can come alongside us as Christians to provide a framework for knowing more of God, ourselves, and parenting little ones.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

An Introduction to Life, Liturgy, and the Little Years

The liturgical seasons can come alongside us as Christians to provide a framework for knowing more of God, ourselves, and parenting little ones.

Miles SmithFeaturedHistory

Who's Afraid of John Calvin? Answer: Thomas Jefferson

The Virginian founding father and arch-liberal feared that Calvinists, not Catholics, would be the undoing of his experiment in political liberalism.

Alan FimisterFeatured

The Lost City: What's the use of cities in a world of states?

Our cities have become so large they are no longer human-scale communities. They also are not states. So what exactly are they?

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Stephen Miller and the Abolition of the Human - Radio Free Thulcandra

To the surprise of precisely no one, Stephen Miller has been exposed as a white nationalist– I mean, obviously, but there’s more that’s concrete now. The SPLC released a report, based on emails turned over to them by former Breitbart […]

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Stephen Miller and the Abolition of the Human - Radio Free Thulcandra

To the surprise of precisely no one, Stephen Miller has been exposed as a white nationalist– I mean, obviously, but there’s more that’s concrete now. The SPLC released a report, based on emails turned over to them by former Breitbart […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

On the Traditionalists and the Protestants | Mere Orthodoxy

The relationship between divine law and ecclesial authority articulated by Cardinal Burke sounds strikingly similar to Protestant teaching on the matter.

John SheltonFeatured

Putting on Avatars, Putting on Christ | Mere Orthodoxy

What are we to make of avatars? Are they a rebellion against the givenness of our bodies and ourselves as creations—or are they a ‘cheeky’ avenue to virtue?

Caleb Wait

Omnium Gatherum: Sports on Sunday, Kanye West, and the Death of New Atheism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Derek, Alastair, and Matt catch up and talk about the miscellaneous issues they are seeing and experiencing today: Kid’s sports on Sundays, Kanye West, the problem of over-booked and busy schedules, the death of New-Atheism, and more.   Timestamps: Intro […]

Jake MeadorChurch

15 Proposals for Church Renewal - Commonplaces

To begin, if you aren’t following Tara Ann Thieke on Twitter, you should remedy that. She’s great. This post is inspired by a list she posted on Twitter awhile back which we have been discussing intermittently in Mere O Slack […]