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Brad Littlejohn

Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D, University of Edinburgh) is Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. He lives in Loudoun County, VA, with his wife, Rachel, and four children.

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Brad Littlejohn

Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D, University of Edinburgh) is Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. He lives in Loudoun County, VA, with his wife, Rachel, and four children.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory

Do We Still Belong Together? Lessons from Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton's thought on how to be a conservative is also instructive in how to belong to a political community.

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A Government of Force or a Government of Laws?

If America is to be a nation of laws, we will need to rediscover sources of political order that aren't purely dependent upon coercive force.

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“Great Danger of Fatal Extremes”: Hamilton on Revolutionary Excess

Alexander Hamilton's words regarding the dangers of radical extremism feel alarmingly relevant to us today.

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Our Lives or Our Freedom: The Fear of Tyranny in a Time of Pandemic

Much of the debate about the pandemic's effect on our freedom begins with a severely mistaken notion of freedom.

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"No Wealth but Life": Moral Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

Christian freedom means love of neighbor. What does this mean in the face of pandemic and recession? The same as it has always meant.

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A National Conservative Awakening - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I made my way to the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington D.C. for the National Conservatism Conference Sunday evening with some trepidation, unsure what to expect, and feeling wildly out of place among what seemed like a crowd of thinktank wonks, […]

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In Defense of Nationalism: Notes on Yoram Hazony and His Critics

In Hazony's vision, nationalism is a mechanism for preserving the idea of subsidiarity and preserving the life of local communities.

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In Praise of Uncertainty - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Imagine that you are a young man and one day your father commands you to find the donkeys that have wandered off, like poor young Saul was commanded to do in 1 Samuel. How will you do this? To find the […]

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What of the Baptists? A Response to Samuel James | Mere Orthodoxy

Brad Littlejohn and Joseph Minich respond to Samuel James' review of "People of the Promise" in Christianity Today.

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The Commonwealth and Natural Law: Littlejohn Responds to Dillon

Brad Littlejohn responds to Kyle Dillon's review of his book "The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed."

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The Real Presence and the Presence of Reality | Mere Orthodoxy

As we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Dr. Brad Littlejohn argues that it is not the Protestants who desacralized the cosmos.

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Lessons from the Wreckage: Notes on Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lessons from the Wreckage, Pt. I: A Voice from the Whirlwind He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot, he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, […]