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Evangelical Sociology vs Mainline Sociology

September 17th, 2024 | 5 min read

By Jake Meador

Usually in conservative Protestant contexts when we talk about the difference between the evangelicals and the mainline, the differences in view are theological. Often they are actually more or less the differences articulated a hundred years ago in Machen's Christianity and Liberalism, even though today's mainline, particularly its younger members, tend to not really map well onto those debates. The errors of the contemporary mainline often (though certainly not always) have far more to do with anthropology than they do theology proper.

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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).