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Peter LeithartFeatured

John Milbank: A Guide for the Perplexed - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I. Theology As Master Discourse. I first met John Milbank, my doctoral supervisor, at a welcome event for new graduate students sponsored by the Divinity School of the University of Cambridge. During the meeting, each faculty member introduced him or […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Millennials and Burnout, with Paul Gutacker - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

According to Anne Helen Peterson, millennials are the ‘burnout generation.’ Paul Gutacker, who directs the Brazos Fellows, joins Derek and Matt to consider Peterson’s essay and how Christians might respond to the problem. If you’re interested in supporting the show […]

Nathan Luis CartagenaPhilosophyBook Reviews

Book Review: Philosophy and the Christian

The Davenant Institute's new edited volume "Philosophy and the Christian" testifies that all Christians can practice philosophy for Christ and his kingdom.

S. DormanFeatured

Living Local Fiction | Mere Orthodoxy

Local fiction has the ability to make the familiar, ordinary, even the boring seem new and surprising. It helps us see our home places with new eyes.

Myles WerntzFamilyFeaturedEthics

The Burden of Parenting: In Praise of Christian Simplicity | Mere Orthodoxy

Christian simplicity is not only a call to a certain way of material life, it is a call toward orienting our lives toward the God who is simple.

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Impossibility of an Evangelical Conservatism | Mere Orthodoxy

Can American evangelicalism be a conservative movement? If by 'conservative' we mean 'able to conserve the permanent things,' then the answer is, "no."

Matthew LoftusEconomics

“You have got to feed the biology of the soil.” - Doctors Without Boredom

I have long been interested in the work of the Land Institute and their perennial crops, so I appreciated this story about how people are trying to use them: “Mainstream agriculture, they just don’t get it,” says Jerry Doan, standing […]

Matthew LoftusEconomics

“You have got to feed the biology of the soil.” - Doctors Without Boredom

I have long been interested in the work of the Land Institute and their perennial crops, so I appreciated this story about how people are trying to use them: “Mainstream agriculture, they just don’t get it,” says Jerry Doan, standing […]

Derek RishmawyFeaturedEvangelicalism

Revisiting the Progressive Evangelical Package | Mere Orthodoxy

How has progressive evangelicalism shifted in the last several years? How has it remained the same? Derek Rishmawy reviews the evolution of the movement.

Matthew LoftusCultureEthicsEducation

exposing the wounds in the Church - Doctors Without Boredom

I really wish this New Yorker profile of Karen Swallow Prior had been about three times as long, but it’ll have to do for now: The next morning, we shared a breakfast of scrambled eggs with some venison that Roy had […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEthicsEducation

exposing the wounds in the Church - Doctors Without Boredom

I really wish this New Yorker profile of Karen Swallow Prior had been about three times as long, but it’ll have to do for now: The next morning, we shared a breakfast of scrambled eggs with some venison that Roy had […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics

whither conservatism? - Doctors Without Boredom

While there’s a lot more that could be said and a lot of things that could be said differently (as I hope to in a forthcoming essay for Mere-O), I appreciated this assessment from Timothy Shenk at Dissent of where things are […]