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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied English and History. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Jake's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, Christianity Today, Fare Forward, the University Bookman, Books & Culture, First Things, National Review, Front Porch Republic, and The Run of Play and he has written or contributed to several books, including "In Search of the Common Good," "What Are Christians For?" (both with InterVarsity Press), "A Protestant Christendom?" (with Davenant Press), and "Telling the Stories Right" (with the Front Porch Republic Press).

By Jake Meador

Evangelical Sociology and Clericalism

September 18th, 2024|12 min read

By Jake Meador

Evangelical Sociology vs Mainline Sociology

September 17th, 2024|5 min read

By Jake Meador

There Never Was a Pro-Life Case for Trump

August 30th, 2024|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Saving Liberalism Requires Better Liberals

August 28th, 2024|8 min read

By Jake Meador

The Argument for Despair is Impenetrable

August 27th, 2024|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Accumulated Absences

August 23rd, 2024|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Faithful Presence After the Evangelical Fracturing

August 22nd, 2024|11 min read

By Jake Meador

Evangelicals for Harris and the Culture of Death

August 20th, 2024|7 min read

By Jake Meador

The Importance of Not Caring About Mark Driscoll

August 15th, 2024|5 min read

By Jake Meador

The Meaning of "Weird"

August 12th, 2024|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Gratitude and the Life of Institutions

August 5th, 2024|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Misreading Hamilton and 'Hamilton'

July 26th, 2024|7 min read

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By Jake Meador

Therapy and Bug Men

July 24th, 2024|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Nina Power and the Network Effect

July 9th, 2024|6 min read

By Jake Meador

We Became American Because We Could

July 4th, 2024|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Permanent Things Endure

June 21st, 2024|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Observations on Exvangelicals and Deconstructing

June 19th, 2024|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Hindu Nationalist Headlining NatCon4

June 3rd, 2024|20 min read

By Jake Meador

Christianity Against the Civilizational State(s)

May 30th, 2024|21 min read

By Jake Meador

Lessons from the Harrison Butker Saga

May 24th, 2024|5 min read