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Todd ThompsonFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

A Homegrown Christian Insurgency - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We’re living between the times. We’re in the territory of the “already, but not yet.” Is the kingdom of insurgency at hand?

Anthony BarrFeaturedCurrent Politics

If Mr. Kristof Is Taking Names, Apple Should Be Next - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

On December 4th, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote a powerful expose on the staggering amount of child pornography available on Pornhub. The article featured a politically sharp subtitle, “Why does Canada allow this company to profit off videos […]

Ian OlsonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Death Does Not Come for the Deserving - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. And He responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Christian Hospitality in an Age of Fear: An Interview with Rod Dreher - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This is a lightly edited and condensed transcript of a conversation I had with Rod Dreher about his new book Live Not by Lies. Jake Meador: Thanks so much for joining me. I’m excited to talk to you more about […]

Bob StevensonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Citizen Strangers and the Cost of Compromise - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The words flowed in perfect patriotic cadence. “My fellow Americans, we are going through a time of testing. But if you look through the fog of these challenging times, you will see, our flag is still there today…” Words that […]

Paul D. MillerFeaturedCurrent Politics

Politics Is More Than Abortion vs Character - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There has been a lot of Christian handwringing about American politics and the 2020 election. Al Mohler updated the same line of thought that has led to four decades of alliance between conservative, pro-life evangelicals with the Republican Party by […]

Patrick PiersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Dogmatic Partisanship's Dead End | Mere Orthodoxy

The only way out of our death spiral of polarization is to set aside desires to purge the "other" from public life and, instead, seek to form coalitions.

Elizabeth SticeFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics

Reading "In Praise of Folly" in 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

The 16th century writer and reformer Erasmus of Rotterdam has much to teach us in our own moment of cultural fragmentation.

Gerald J. RusselloFeaturedCurrent Politics

A Catholic Judge in a Post-Liberal Age - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court has once again raised the question of the role of Catholicism in American public life. Catholic judges are often in the position. But in interesting ways, she may represent […]

Vika PecherskyFeaturedCurrent Politics

This Gruesome Guest - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Nihilism is at our door: whence comes this most gruesome of all guests to us? —Friedrich Nietzsche[1] If nihilism devalues even the highest of values, we can state with a fair amount of certainty that we are living in it […]

Stephen G. AdubatoFeaturedCurrent Politics

J. Cole’s "For Your Eyez Only" Gives Hope for Change Beyond Elections

In my lessons on Christianity and social justice, I always feature clips from J. Cole’s 2017 HBO documentary For Your Eyez Only. The film, directed by Cole and Scott Lazer, features interviews with residents of small black cities throughout the […]

Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics

Honor Thy Boomer - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]