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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 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.

Jake Meador

Creating Conceptual Clarity Around "Christian Nationalism"

If the 'Christian nationalism' discourse is going to improve or go anywhere useful, we need to have an agreed upon definition of the term.

Jake MeadorPolitical TheorySexuality

Liberalism and the Sexual Revolution

While one can easily argue for connections between liberalism and the sexual revolution, the way those connections are named is enormously important.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture War

Anti-Wokeness and the Evangelical Fracturing

In the aftermath of the great awokening, we have seen the emergence of four new and distinct evangelical responses.

Jake MeadorChurch

The Mainline We Need

We don't need a recapitulation of the 1950s Mainline of America's third republic, but a different sort of mainline that can thrive in her fourth republic.

Jake MeadorChurch

Mega Churches and Reformed Catholicity

The loss of the Baby Boomers and mass dechurching will give megachurches an even larger role in the American church. What should they do with that power?

Jake MeadorPolitical Theology

Sloganeering Isn't How You Do Political Theology

It isn't surprising or wrong that many are reconsidering the 'nation' as globalization fails. But this return must be marked by wisdom, care, and piety.

Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalismBook Reviews

What Integrity Can't Do

Though there is never a time when personal integrity is irrelevant, there are limits to what integrity alone can do.