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Jake MeadorFeatured

Post-Liberalism and American Racism | Mere Orthodoxy

To suggest that our nation's oppressed minorities have been faithful liberals, as Adam Serwer recently did, is a dramatic bit of historic revisionism.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On the Liberal's Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

The use of power to advance defined ends is inherent in any political system. The post-liberals merely want to be honest about that and advance good ends.

Caleb Wait

"Dignity," with Chris Arnade - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Chris Arnade joins Andrew, Derek, and Alastair to talk about his new book, “Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America,” where he tells the stories of how America’s poor find dignity and identity in their forgotten communities. Timestamps: Intro + […]

Guest WriterFeatured

Ten Fun Things to Do This Summer Other Than Going to War with Iran

If you want to do something pointless and expensive, don't go to war with Iran. Just buy a sailboat, take it into Chesapeake Bay, and deliberately sink it.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch - Commonplaces

To coincide with the launch of "In Search of the Common Good" we're running a companion kit drawing for people who read and review the book.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch - Commonplaces

To coincide with the launch of "In Search of the Common Good" we're running a companion kit drawing for people who read and review the book.

Hannah AndersonFeatured

Book Review: My Father Left Me Ireland by Michael Brendan Dougherty

Dougherty's book is a triumph because it successfully disentangles true culture from kitsch, helping us identify what it is we ought to love in our homes.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Dignity by Chris Arnade - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the most important explorations of political theology in recent years is Andrew Willard Jones’s book Before Church and State. Jones’s argument is that our modern social norms, including our political system, are built on the idea that conflict […]

Jake MeadorPoliticsFeatured

Can Justice Be Saved? Faith, Hope, and Love in a Political Key

Matthew Lee Anderson recently delivered three lectures at Biola University on justice which are now available online for viewing.

Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

On Nick Kristof, Jean Vanier, and Human Resources - Radio Free Thulcandra

Right. So this is a kind of complicated non-hot take spurred by Nicholas Kristof’s excellent and horrible piece in the Times today. Kristof is reporting from Guatemala, where almost half of all children are physically and mentally stunted because of […]

Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

On Nick Kristof, Jean Vanier, and Human Resources - Radio Free Thulcandra

Right. So this is a kind of complicated non-hot take spurred by Nicholas Kristof’s excellent and horrible piece in the Times today. Kristof is reporting from Guatemala, where almost half of all children are physically and mentally stunted because of […]

Guest WriterFeatured

Christian Political Theology in an Age of Discontent | Mere Orthodoxy

For a political theology to actually be a Christian political theology it must have Christian ideas about ontology and teleology built into the system.