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Inane Evangelical Gender Debates, Briefly Summarized

On why we never ask deeper questions and instead mostly yell at heavily bearded conservative men on Twitter for making creepy comments about yoga pants

Rachel Roth AldhizerFamilyGenderMarriage

What Is Beauty For?

Our world regards beauty as a kind of consumptive good, something to be bought, sold, and consumed. But beauty isn't a product; it's a gift with a purpose.

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The Neo-Liberal Feminists are Boring - Commonplaces

I had a couple people ask about my thoughts on some of the pushback against my thread last week, particularly as it relates to Dr. Robinson’s essays here. There are two separate issues so I’m going to try to take […]

Jake MeadorFamilyBook ReviewsCommunities

The Neo-Liberal Feminists are Boring - Commonplaces

I had a couple people ask about my thoughts on some of the pushback against my thread last week, particularly as it relates to Dr. Robinson’s essays here. There are two separate issues so I’m going to try to take […]

Brad EdwardsFamilyFeaturedCulture

Redeeming Neverland: The Question of Shame & the Crisis of Agency Facing Modern Men - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

J. M. Barrie first wrote Peter Pan as a play in 1904, expanding it into a full novel in 1911. Nothing he wrote before or since would ever come close to sparking such popular reception. It tapped into and articulated […]

Rhys LavertyFamilyFeaturedEconomics and Business

The World that Money Makes Go Round - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Stick man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three.” So begins Stick Man—my son’s favourite bedtime story. Parents of a certain age will know it well. Julia Donaldson (of The Gruffalo fame) spins a lovely […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

Christian Moral Pedagogy and Penumbrae of Power - Doctors Without Boredom

There are different levels of responsibility for churches and Christians. How do we sort them all out?

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

Christian Moral Pedagogy and Penumbrae of Power - Doctors Without Boredom

There are different levels of responsibility for churches and Christians. How do we sort them all out?

Jake MeadorFamily

Tolkien, Marriage, Liberalism - Commonplaces

A number of questions have come up in response to the piece on the main site concerning the Respect for Marriage Act and what I guess one might call the political theology of Tolkien, who I built the essay around. […]

Jake MeadorFamily

Tolkien, Marriage, Liberalism - Commonplaces

A number of questions have come up in response to the piece on the main site concerning the Respect for Marriage Act and what I guess one might call the political theology of Tolkien, who I built the essay around. […]

Zach HollifieldFamilyFeatured

When Permanent Contraception Can Be Licit - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Alex and Sarah are Christians who have been married for five years. They have 2 children and would like to have more. However, they feel called to adopt as the route to parenting more children. Their only hesitation is that […]

Katelyn Walls SheltonFamilyFeaturedJournalJournal 3

Flawed Myths - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lyz Lenz. Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. New York: Bold Type Books, 2020. 240pp, $26. At church, I was taught that if a woman denied sex to her husband, he would find sex elsewhere. At church, […]