The Archive
Andrew WalkerPolitics
What was perpetrated this week by a particular brand of conservatism was neither conservative nor amenable to any type of Christianity seeking to align itself with the Right. I am, of course, referring to the Breitbartian tactics employed against Shirley […]
Christopher BensonBooks
Christian Ethics in a Technological Age
Matthew MillinerPoliticsPolitical Theology
Expecting to Change the World
Christopher BensonFormationHermeneutics
When I taught humanities at a Christian secondary school, I spent the first week or so of the fall semester exploring how Christians should read because I anticipated that the pagan literature of the Greeks and Romans would chafe against […]
Christopher BensonEducation
The Academic Program at St. John's College
Jake MeadorUncategorized
The Title Waiting for Mr. Meador's Book
Christopher Benson
Blogging has several functions. One function that I particularly enjoy is broadcasting what’s “out there,” an appropriately vague phrase to capture the bewildering number of events, films, and books that deserve attention. I informed Mere O readers about recent films […]
Christopher BensonUncategorized
The Title Waiting for Mr. Benson's Book
Christopher Benson
Why do people fail to acknowledge the reality of evil? My progressive friends––a list which is getting shorter and shorter––were baffled by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. They lacked a vocabulary and worldview to describe what happened. […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Over the past few months, I have been incredibly grateful for the incredible feedback and support in my hour of need: coming up with a title for my yet unfinished book. It’s an enormous challenge to name a book (though […]
Christopher BensonPhilosophy
Postmodernism: What Hath Paris to Do with Jerusalem?
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
How to (Not) Change the World (Especially for DC Residents)