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David KoyzisFeaturedCurrent Politics

Clash of Idols | Mere Orthodoxy

The three dominant political blocs in contemporary America are all idolatrous in ways that make it difficult for Christians to support them in their work.

Justin HawkinsFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

What the Coronavirus Reveals: An Invitation to American Evangelicals Who Have Been Quoting that C.S. Lewis Essay - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The argument of this essay is simple. I want to invite Christians, particularly American evangelicals, to a new consideration of how the coronavirus might cause them to rethink what kind of healthcare policy ought to mark a flourishing society. I […]

Andrew WalkerFeaturedEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Moral Realism, Public Health, and Truth Telling Amid COVID-19

As we look toward life after COVID-19, we must do so with a more capacious understanding of public health that encompasses all of a society's life together.

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

What America Needs Now: A Marianne Williamson Unity Cabinet

We need a political system that mirrors the best in us, and that is why we need a unity ticket with a cabinet selected by Marianne Williamson.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

Our Lives or Our Freedom: The Fear of Tyranny in a Time of Pandemic

Much of the debate about the pandemic's effect on our freedom begins with a severely mistaken notion of freedom.

Joseph LaughonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Waiting for Conservative Renewal | Mere Orthodoxy

The nationalist conservatives have much to offer, but due to several key weaknesses we are still waiting for the movement to bring conservative renewal.

Joshua HeavinFeaturedCurrent Politics

Deaths of Despair and Lives of Hope in a Cynical Age | Mere Orthodoxy

Because the Christian's hope is rooted in objective fact it is resilient enough to survive even in times of great cynicism and despair.

Brandon McGinleyFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

The Perpetual Motion Machine and the Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

The virus unsettles our sanitary security, but the effect is magnified by its jamming the economy. We must confront questions we thought were behind us.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Public Reasoning in a Pandemic: Responding to Reno, Moore, & Littlejohn

Christian intellectuals must instruct everyone in their moral reasoning about the pandemic but also must guide our leaders in their public responsibilities.

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

"No Wealth but Life": Moral Reasoning in a Pandemic | Mere Orthodoxy

Christian freedom means love of neighbor. What does this mean in the face of pandemic and recession? The same as it has always meant.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

Learning in Quarantine | Mere Orthodoxy

We must do our work. We must do it in unfavorable conditions. We must do it before the specter of Death’s hooked and gnarled finger.

Jonathan CioranFeaturedCurrent Politics

Grift Before the Storm: Three Days at CPAC 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

For three days at a hotel in Maryland, surrounded by conservative elites and MAGA celebrities, the triumph of Donald Trump this November seemed inevitable.