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JF ArnoldPreston YanceyMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Preston Yancey

Mere Fidelity: Preston Yancey

Jake MeadorEthicsEconomics and BusinessCulture War

Boycotts and the End of Neighborliness

The growing popularity of boycotts suggests a dark future for neighborliness in the United States.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Davenant House, Christian Community, and the Work of Study Centers - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Alastair Roberts, Brad Littlejohn, and Jake Meador discuss the immediate plans and long-term hopes for Davenant House.

JF ArnoldLord's SupperMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: The Lord's Supper

Mere Fidelity: The Lord's Supper

Jake Meador

"The Seer" Gets Wendell Berry Exactly Right. - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I think most readers of Wendell Berry, “The Seer” director Laura Dunn included, start with Berry’s non-fiction. They pick up The Unsettling of America or The Art of the Commonplace and go from there. That’s not how I came to Berry. I […]

Jake MeadorEconomics and BusinessCreation Care

An Interview with Laura Dunn, Director of "The Seer" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Tomorrow I hope to publish a brief review of Laura Dunn’s new film “The Seer.” It’s a unique film and a hard one to pin down because while it is a portrait of Wendell Berry, Berry himself is never actually […]

JF ArnoldMere Fidelitydancing

Mere Fidelity: Dancing

Mere Fidelity: Dancing

Jake MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien

Tolkien's Holy Fools

Tolkien's holy fools teach us a simple lesson: If you would save the world, you must love strawberries and cream.

Berny Belvedere

Walt Whitman on Neighbors and Strangers - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The poetry of Walt Whitman can help us learn to see how urban neighbors in a new way.

Jake MeadorTelevision

The Redundancy of House of Cards - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Flipping the script in House of Cards simply reminds viewers of how limited and derivative the script actually is.

Jake MeadorChurchCurrent Politics

Of Jayber Crow and Donald Trump - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

An inverted question of the great question facing Jayber Crow is the chief question facing many contemporary conservatives.

Samuel JamesEthicsCurrent Politics

The Abortion Lobby's Deadly Shibboleths

Abortion supporters heavily rely upon rhetoric that softens and distracts from the realities of legalized abortion.