I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

December 8th, 2023 | 5 min read

For much of the past seven years, discourse about Christianity and public life has been fundamentally shaped by false dichotomies, one in particular: Ultimately there are only two theo-political options for Christians.

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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.

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I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

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