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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 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 MeadorEvangelicalism
The most important question facing anyone who has left a difficult church has little to do with the church itself.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
In a world that is increasingly dismissive of religion and understandably scornful of strict churches, it can be hard to understand why people stay in them.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Prayer shaming is evidence of anti-religious sentiments amongst our cultural elites, but it's more than just that.
Jake MeadorEthicsCurrent Politics
Alastair Roberts and Jake Meador had a recent email exchange on the issues of moral sentimentalism, ethical reasoning, and living in a bureaucratic society.
Jake Meador
Here are some of our most popular posts about the Oxford don CS Lewis.
Jake MeadorEconomics and BusinessCollege and University
The ongoing on-campus demonstrations by university SJWs highlights an important change in the American corporation and American culture more generally.
Jake MeadorTelevision
Two complex and difficult stories are the center of an early episode of Call the Midwife. The music of the nuns helps us interpret them rightly.
Jake MeadorChurchFormation
I’m pleased to host this excellent interview between Mere Fidelity contributor Alastair Roberts and my friend Dr. Brad Littlejohn. Dr. Littlejohn, who did his doctoral work at Edinburgh with Mere O favorite Oliver O’Donovan, has just published a popular level […]
Jake MeadorCreation Careembodiment
Contrary to the attacks of many critics, evangelicals are not modern gnostics. If anything, we are materialists.
Jake MeadorEconomics and Business
The demise of Grantland has many writers and readers wondering what the future of online writing will be. If Grantland can't make it, what hope do we have?
Jake MeadorCulture War
Critics of the Benedict Option say that now is a time for deeper cultural engagement rather than retreat. But this is a mistaken criticism of the BenOp.
Jake MeadorembodimentFormation
Wesley Morris's recent piece in the NYT considers the wide-scale identity crisis we have witnessed in 2015 without getting to the root of the problem.
