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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

Book Review: Surprised by Paradox by Jen Pollock Michel

September 17th, 2019|7 min read

By Jake Meador

What is a society?

September 10th, 2019|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Impartiality is Not Neutrality

September 10th, 2019|7 min read

By Jake Meador

What are nations for?

September 6th, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

The Post-Liberal State and the (Highly Technical) Goods of Modernity

August 14th, 2019|7 min read

By Jake Meador

When the News Isn’t News: On Deconversion Narratives

August 5th, 2019|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Augustinianism and Audience in “In Search of the Common Good”

August 2nd, 2019|10 min read

By Jake Meador

Against the Political Atheists: On the Safety of the Dead Consensus

July 31st, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Liturgical Jigs and Millennial Burnout

July 24th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Post-Liberalism and American Racism

June 28th, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

On the Liberal’s Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

June 27th, 2019|8 min read

By Jake Meador

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch

June 25th, 2019|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Book Review: Dignity by Chris Arnade

June 18th, 2019|16 min read

By Jake Meador

Can Justice Be Saved? Faith, Love, and Hope in a Political Key

June 17th, 2019

By Jake Meador

Is all human community parasitic?

June 12th, 2019|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Are America’s Megachurches Too Big to Fail?

June 11th, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Can Social Conservatives Lead?

June 10th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Mere O News (and a Book Perk!)

June 4th, 2019|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Martin Bucer’s Anti-Poverty Program

June 3rd, 2019|8 min read

By Jake Meador

David French and the Revolutionary Style in Conservative Journalism

June 3rd, 2019|6 min read