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Dylan Pahman argues that a properly Christian response to the recent election means both rejoicing with the victors and weeping with the losers.
Guest WriterHistoryCurrent Politics
Susannah Black proposes various options for Christians in public life attempting to deal with the ascent of an erratic, corpulent, authoritarian ruler.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
There are three appropriate reactions to the election of Donald Trump: Prayer, loving local places, and preparing ourselves to live as a Christian minority.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Shakespeare's St Crispin's Day Speech is a reminder of what courage looks like. It's a welcome antidote to the cravenness of evangelicalism's opponents.
Guest WriterCurrent Politics
Today I am pleased to feature this essay from first-time Mere O contributor Josiah Peterson. The legal status of marriage was a hot button issue in the 2012 election cycle. Where has it gone in 2016?
Guest WriterEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
It turns out that if all evangelicals know how to do is not be Jerry Falwell, the vacuum is filled by Jerry Falwell, Jr.
John SheltonCurrent Politics
The problem facing both major American parties is the same—the mystical vision that animates them has given way to the grind of day-to-day politicking.
Brian MesimerEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
The five stages of grief is a surprisingly useful model for understanding evangelical reactions to the 2016 presidential elections.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
The ascent of Donald Trump has exposed a number of problems that have existed for some time in white evangelicalism but are only now being seen clearly.
Matthew Lee AndersonCurrent Politics
One month out from the 2016 election, the situation for evangelical voters is the same: We have two intolerable candidates.
Jake MeadorCurrent Politics
The story of the 2016 election figures to be the way that both sides have come to see the opposition as being irredeemable.
Jake MeadorPoliticsEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
Telling people that they should want to preserve pluralism only works if they think of pluralism as a social good. Radical individualists don't.