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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryPolitical Theology

The Christian Nationalists (Still) Can't Read and Why That Matters

An ongoing series: How That Historical Quote Cited by a Prominent Christian Nationalist Doesn't Actually Mean What They Think it Means.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

23 Books for 2023

Here is our list of 23 essential books to wrap up 2023.

Jake Meador

2023 Eliot Awards

Once again we are honoring the year's best periodical writing with our annual Eliot Awards.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

Shepherds are not Technicians

The dominant imaginative models for pastoral ministry in evangelicalism are fundamentally broken.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

I Thought Political Capture Was Bad

If political capture is bad, then it's not just bad when done on the political right; it's bad on the political left too.

Jake Meador

Growing the Merry Band

We're hoping to raise $100,000 to wrap up our fiscal year and to support our work of independent truth-seeking in Christian media. Will you join us?

Jake MeadorPolitical TheoryFormation

Calendars as Catechesis

Calendars are teachers. And this week our calendar teaches us to give thanks.

Jake MeadorCulture WarCurrent Politics

Why the Raw Egg Nationalist Affair Matters

The barstool conservatives and the Christian-ish UK intellectuals agree on this: There is no reconciliation between vitalism and Christianity.

Jake MeadorFormation

Christ or the Pit

If Our Lord will not bruise broken reeds, then neither should his followers.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Mystique of the Pro-Life Movement: On Trump & the March for Life

The victory that an alliance with Trump will secure for the pro-life movement is real, but comes at the cost of the movement's vitality and credibility.

Jake MeadorSocial MediaTechnology

The Internet After Twitter

The end of Twitter may well be the end of the universalistic social media network. So if that phase of social media is done, what comes next?

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalism

What Makes a "New Mainline"?: A Reformation Day Reflection

A new mainline will not be able to be made from the existing mainline or Rome or 'evangelicalism'; it will only come about through new partnerships.