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John Ehrett

John Ehrett is a Commonwealth Fellow, and an attorney and writer in Washington D.C. His work has appeared in American Affairs, The New Atlantis, and the Claremont Review of Books. He is a graduate of Patrick Henry College, the Institute of Lutheran Theology, and Yale Law School.

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John Ehrett

John Ehrett is a Commonwealth Fellow, and an attorney and writer in Washington D.C. His work has appeared in American Affairs, The New Atlantis, and the Claremont Review of Books. He is a graduate of Patrick Henry College, the Institute of Lutheran Theology, and Yale Law School.

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The Problem with 'Religion'

A key problem with Christian nationalist theories is that they presuppose the modernist conception of 'religion' that they ostensibly want to subvert.

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Elites and the Evangelical Class War

Much of the fighting around the idea of 'evangelical elites' is bound up in issues of class and the reality that pugilist antics do not produce elites.

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How to Have a Day Job and an Intellectual Life

It is entirely possible to have a robust intellectual life outside of formal academic settings.

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Whose Fictions? Which Authority

Somewhat surprisingly, the biggest problem with Steven D. Smith's 'Fiction, Lies, and the Authority of Law' is that it isn't radical enough.

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The Long Orphic Shadow

Horton's book at points exaggerates or misrepresents the nature of the conflict between 'Orphism' and Christianity.

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You Don't Escape to Narnia

The point of the Narnia tales isn't to escape your normal life, but to find something in Narnia that you also must learn to find in 'normal' reality.

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Never Really Our Own

Tara Isabella Burton's new book is overflowing with ideas, but its positive vision lacks any real teeth to overcome the problems Burton identifies.

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The End of Viking Vitalism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The third act of Robert Zemeckis’s underrated Beowulf adaptation begins with a dour meditation. “We men are the monsters now,” the aging hero rumbles. “The time of heroes is dead, Wiglaf—the Christ God has killed it, leaving humankind with nothing […]