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John Shelton

John Shelton is the policy director for Advancing American Freedom. He received degrees from Duke University (M.Div.) and the University of Virginia (B.A), and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Katelyn, and their children.

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John Shelton

John Shelton is the policy director for Advancing American Freedom. He received degrees from Duke University (M.Div.) and the University of Virginia (B.A), and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Katelyn, and their children.

John SheltonTheology

Theology is Dangerous

Gregory of Nazianzus warned us centuries ago that the study of theology is not for everyone. Recent trends in academic theology are proving him right.

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Os Guinness: The Christian Public Intellectual After Jacques Maritain - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Nothing is possible without men, But nothing lasts without institutions.” — Jean Monnet[1] Christians interested in public intellectual engagement often ask: “who is the next C.S. Lewis? Who is the next Reinhold Niebuhr?” While the words and ideas of both […]

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The Institutional Roots of America’s Political Crisis

The preservation of democratic life requires strong (and well-funded!) institutions.

John SheltonCurrent Politics

When The Resistance Comes To Rule: J. D. Vance and the Apotheosis of Postliberal Politics

So far post-liberal control of the GOP has coincided with the party's abandonment of social conservatives and embrace of barstool conservatism.

John SheltonCurrent Politics

When The Resistance Comes To Rule: J. D. Vance and the Apotheosis of Postliberal Politics

So far post-liberal control of the GOP has coincided with the party's abandonment of social conservatives and embrace of barstool conservatism.

John SheltonTechnologySexuality

Talking About Sex in a Pornographic Culture

Even naming the evils of our age in the areas of sex and gender is made complex today because of how awash we are in the pornographic.

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The 12 Days of Christmas: December 31 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” “And behold, I am coming […]

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The 12 Days of Christmas: St John the Evangelist | Mere Orthodoxy

On December 27th we celebrate the faithfulness of St John, the beloved disciple, and are comforted by the assurance that God judges justly.

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Putting on Avatars, Putting on Christ | Mere Orthodoxy

What are we to make of avatars? Are they a rebellion against the givenness of our bodies and ourselves as creations—or are they a ‘cheeky’ avenue to virtue?

John SheltonFeaturedEvangelicalism

The Evangelical Innovators C. S. Lewis Warned Us About

Lewis warned readers of the consequences of rejecting nature. Today that rejection often manifests itself as individualism. It is rampant in evangelicalism.

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Stanley Hauerwas: Modern American Puddleglum | Mere Orthodoxy

Hauerwas's gift is the ability to punch through comforting myths that American Christians tell themselves in order to draw their attention to higher things.

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On John Locke and His Woke Catholic Critics | Mere Orthodoxy

Far from being the ideological progenitor of all that plagues contemporary economic thinking, John Locke actually echoes Thomas and anticipates Marx.