# Mere Orthodoxy

> Christian renewal for the common good. A long-form journal covering
> theology, culture, and politics from a broadly orthodox Protestant
> perspective (Anglican / Reformed sympathies). Founded 2005 by Matthew
> Lee Anderson; current editor Jake Meador.

Mere Orthodoxy publishes essays, reviews, and cultural commentary that
take ideas seriously. The publication does not chase traffic or
platform conventional evangelical talking points; it argues in full
paragraphs, cites carefully, and assumes a theologically literate
reader. Audience is largely Protestant but ecumenically curious —
pastors, academics, writers, serious lay readers.

## Site sections

- [Homepage](https://mereorthodoxy.com/): the journal's front page,
  featuring the latest essays and the current journal-issue status.
- [About](https://mereorthodoxy.com/about/): the publication's mission,
  history, and editorial team.
- [Contributors](https://mereorthodoxy.com/contributors/): index of
  active and past contributors. Each contributor has a tag page
  collecting their work.
- [Membership](https://mereorthodoxy.com/membership/): paid membership
  tiers supporting the journal.
- [Search](https://mereorthodoxy.com/): semantic search modal accessible
  from the header (also keyboard `/`). Powered by OpenAI embeddings +
  Cloudflare Vectorize over the full archive.

## Long-form essay archives

- Posts at `/[slug]/` (no date prefix). Example:
  https://mereorthodoxy.com/the-importance-of-political-theology/
- Tag-based topical archives at `/tag/[slug]/`. Example:
  https://mereorthodoxy.com/tag/ecclesiology/
- Author pages live as tags too: `/tag/author-[slug]/`. Example:
  https://mereorthodoxy.com/tag/author-matthew-lee-anderson/

## Sitemaps

- https://mereorthodoxy.com/sitemap.xml — index pointing to the
  per-content-type sitemaps below.
- https://mereorthodoxy.com/sitemap-posts.xml — every published essay.
- https://mereorthodoxy.com/sitemap-pages.xml — static pages.
- https://mereorthodoxy.com/sitemap-tags.xml — every topic and
  author-as-tag page.

## Editorial commitments

- Long-form over short-form. Most essays run 1,500–4,000 words.
- Theological orthodoxy as foundation, not ceiling. Engages culture
  critically but charitably.
- Authors are individuals, not the publication: posts credited to
  named contributors via author tags. (The auto-generated structured
  data on each post page reflects the actual byline.)

## Contact

- General: editorial inquiries via the [Contact page](https://mereorthodoxy.com/contact/).
- Submissions: see [Submissions](https://mereorthodoxy.com/submissions/).