“Silence,” Martyrdom, and the Call to Die

January 23rd, 2017 | 7 min read

By Jake Meador

In her review of Martin Scorsese’s new film “Silence,” Alissa Wilkinson wrote,

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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.