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Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

On Being Consistently Pro-Life

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

Why are more people foregoing religious affiliation in favor of the term "religious nones"? Here to help Matt, Derek, and Alastair wrestle with this subject is Dr. Tricia

E. J. HutchinsonFeatured

On Marianne Moore's "Poetry"

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

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

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

Is it possible for one to know all there is to know about theology by just reading the Bible for themselves? Join Andrew, Alastair, and Derek as they deal with

Daniel DeCarloFamilyFeatured

Love in the Time of Jordan Peterson

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

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?

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

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

The Spirituality of the Church

Should individual Christians be politically active or should the church as an institution be politically active? Join the whole cast and crew as they discuss (and debate) the doctrine of

John ThomasFeaturedEconomics and Business

Workism and Desire: To what end do we work?

By John Thomas On February 24th, in an article titled Workism Is Making Americans Miserable, Derek Thompson made a compelling case that for many college-educated men and women, work has become a religion. Thompson writes,