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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 MeadorEconomicshealth

The Post-Liberal State and the (Highly Technical) Goods of Modernity

The reality of local political authority? Si. The de facto abolition of the administrative state? No.

Jake MeadorEconomicshealth

The Post-Liberal State and the (Highly Technical) Goods of Modernity

The reality of local political authority? Si. The de facto abolition of the administrative state? No.

Jake MeadorChurch

When the News Is Not Actually News | Commonplaces

Most deconversion narratives shouldn't surprise us because we are living through a time of widespread decline and failure in the American church.

Jake MeadorChurch

When the News Is Not Actually News | Commonplaces

Most deconversion narratives shouldn't surprise us because we are living through a time of widespread decline and failure in the American church.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Augustinianism and Audience in "In Search of the Common Good

Brad East has what is perhaps my favorite response to the book so far, not least because it is one of the more critical responses, for which I am thankful. You can read the whole thing over at Resident Theologian.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Augustinianism and Audience in "In Search of the Common Good

Brad East has what is perhaps my favorite response to the book so far, not least because it is one of the more critical responses, for which I am thankful. You can read the whole thing over at Resident Theologian.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Against the Political Atheists: On the Safety of the Dead Consensus

Every society will be ordered to a higher good. If political systems themselves do not participate in the work, it will simply be taken over by capital.

Jake Meador

Liturgical Jigs and Millennial Burnout - Commonplaces

In his book The World Beyond Your Head Matthew Crawford uses the idea of a jig to explain how a carpenter might go about accomplishing a task more quickly and efficiently. Jigs are a kind of hack, a method for doing […]

Jake Meador

Liturgical Jigs and Millennial Burnout - Commonplaces

In his book The World Beyond Your Head Matthew Crawford uses the idea of a jig to explain how a carpenter might go about accomplishing a task more quickly and efficiently. Jigs are a kind of hack, a method for doing […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

Post-Liberalism and American Racism | Mere Orthodoxy

To suggest that our nation's oppressed minorities have been faithful liberals, as Adam Serwer recently did, is a dramatic bit of historic revisionism.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On the Liberal's Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

The use of power to advance defined ends is inherent in any political system. The post-liberals merely want to be honest about that and advance good ends.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch - Commonplaces

To coincide with the launch of "In Search of the Common Good" we're running a companion kit drawing for people who read and review the book.