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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

By Jake Meador

Notes on DeYoung’s Review of Thompson and Kwon

April 22nd, 2021|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Let’s Talk About “Theonomy”

April 6th, 2021|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Sacred Season: Episode 8: Holy Week

March 21st, 2021|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Amazon and Anderson: A Tale of America Coming Apart

February 25th, 2021|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Senator Rubio’s Work

February 12th, 2021|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Catholicism in the Swamp: A Response to Brandon McGinley’s “The Prodigal Church”

January 15th, 2021|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Defining “White Evangelical Crap”

January 14th, 2021|16 min read

By Jake Meador

After Evangelicalism

January 11th, 2021|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Reviewing 2020, Starting 2021

January 4th, 2021|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2020

December 29th, 2020|14 min read

By Jake Meador

2020 Eliot Awards

December 28th, 2020|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Christian Hospitality in an Age of Fear: An Interview with Rod Dreher

November 9th, 2020|32 min read

By Jake Meador

An Interview with Andrew Peterson About “The Wingfeather Saga”

October 12th, 2020|28 min read

By Jake Meador

Narnia Essay Contest

October 2nd, 2020|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Steelmanning the “Fill the Seat” Debate

September 21st, 2020|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Announcing the Mere Orthodoxy KickStarter

September 15th, 2020|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Lies, Liberalism, and Sullivan

September 9th, 2020|5 min read

By Jake Meador

A Thousand Liveried Angels Lackey Her: In Memoriam Nancy Snyder

August 21st, 2020|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Conservatism, Out of Decadence

August 13th, 2020|20 min read

By Jake Meador

Children, Culture Wars, and Christian Societies

June 18th, 2020|10 min read