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Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politics

In Defense of Nationalism: Notes on Yoram Hazony and His Critics

In Hazony's vision, nationalism is a mechanism for preserving the idea of subsidiarity and preserving the life of local communities.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On the Liberal's Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

The use of power to advance defined ends is inherent in any political system. The post-liberals merely want to be honest about that and advance good ends.

Justin HawkinsFeaturedCurrent Politics

The War of All Against One: Why Christians Should Not Be Populists

Working from the thought of Rene Girard, Justin Hawkins explains how populism fails to measure up as an authentically Christian political theory.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Can Social Conservatives Lead? | Mere Orthodoxy

Rusty Reno is right to say that social conservatives should lead. But do we have the will to do so? And will we lead in a way that actually leads to life?

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

On Pro-Life Incrementalism | Mere Orthodoxy

The incrementalists assume that we have a sustainable social order and we can win through small, slow victories. But do we have a sustainable social order?

Guest WriterFeaturedEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Israel Folau, Submitting to Masters, and the Modern Corporation

The case of rugby player Israel Folau raises the question of whether Christians must submit to corporations in the way they submit to the government.

Paul D. MillerFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Jedi are Selfless: Identity, Nationalism, the Humanities, and Liberalism

Turning the public square into a battleground for identity groups has hurt civil society. Fixing it will require a return to classical liberal ideals.

Kevin BrownFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Faith and Heavenly Fitness: Would Alt-Right Christians Like Heaven? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Nicholas Fuentes is many things. He’s a young, politically engaged person who seems to possess some kind of sincere religious faith. He frequently elevates Christian culture, advocates for faith in the public realm, and defends traditional Christian beliefs with evangelical […]

Daniel DeCarloFeaturedCurrent Politics

Friends, Enemies, and the Anti-Christian Right | Mere Orthodoxy

The American right wing can confront the white nationalist contagion within its midst with a substantive account of the good or pass into nothingness.

Guest WriterFeaturedCurrent Politics

On Being Consistently Pro-Life | Mere Orthodoxy

We should all strive to be consistent in our pursuit of a pro-life political agenda. But agreeing on objectives is distinct from agreeing on policies.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

Desire, Duty, and Dynamite | Mere Orthodoxy

The crises of the earth's degradation and of familial life both have a common source--a refusal to live as an embodied members of a natural order.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Whose Reaganism? Which Republicanism? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The rhetoric and the actual policies passed by Reaganites seldom aligned. When we condemn Reaganism, what are we condemning? The ideas or the policies?