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Matthew LoftusCulture

This is war! Now put down your sword and pick up your ear trumpet. - Doctors Without Boredom

On "loving and serving" when the LGBT agenda is hostile to Christian faith.

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

Do Evangelicals Actually Want an Originalist on the Supreme Court?

Evangelicals have praised Judge Gorsuch's originalism. But their actions suggest they don't actually want an originalist on the nation's highest court.

Alastair RobertsFeaturedCollege and University

Freeing Speech: Free Speech, Milo, and the University - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A peculiar and noteworthy feature of our cultural conversations around the subject of free speech is their narrow focus upon the non-proscription of expression. If we were to employ Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy, we could say that these conversations have framed […]

Matthew LoftusCulture

Is the Benedict Option a "Safe Space"? - Doctors Without Boredom

LGBT issues are pretty triggering for Christians. How do we deal with threats to religious liberty without giving in to hyperbole?

Matthew LoftusCulture

Is the Benedict Option a "Safe Space"? - Doctors Without Boredom

LGBT issues are pretty triggering for Christians. How do we deal with threats to religious liberty without giving in to hyperbole?

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Benedict Option and Its Reviewers | Mere Orthodoxy

The early reviews of Rod Dreher's "The Benedict Option" have tacitly explained why the idea began to catch on in the first place.

Guest WriterFeaturedEducation

Progressives, Harry Potter, and Little Platoons | Mere Orthodoxy

Part of the reasons progressives love Harry Potter is that it offers the allure of ancient ritual without the rigorous demand of dogma.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Mere Fidelity: The Fractured Republic, with Yuval Levin - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We are thrilled to have Yuval Levin join us to discuss his important book The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in an Age of Individualism. Levin is widely regarded as one of the brightest conservative thinkers working today. He helped found both […]

Guest WriterCurrent Politics

Forget Milo. Roger Scruton Can Make CPAC Great Again

If CPAC wants to help promote a renewal of American conservatism they need to ignore shock jocks like Milo and turn to thinkers like Roger Scruton instead.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Reviving the Worship Wars

Mere Fidelity: Reviving the Worship Wars

Jake MeadorCurrent Politics

Attending to the Language: Trump and the GOP Leadership

The Trump administration has caused those kings of euphemistic language, Washington politicians, to up their game to previously unseen levels.

Charlie ClarkChurch

Reviewing Radicalism: When Reform Becomes Revolution

Charlie Clark reviews the Davenant Trust's new publication, the first volume in an ongoing series modernizing 16th century reformer Richard Hooker.