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Miles SmithFeaturedEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

The Uselessness of "Christian Nationalism" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Over the past several years the topic of Christian nationalism has occupied the minds of Evangelical intellectuals and pastors. No less than half a dozen books have been written on the subject in the past year. Three of them have […]

James WaldenFeatured

Deconstruction and a Theology of the Cross - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Over the past few years a large number of American Christians have shared that they have “deconstructed,” or are in the process of “deconstructing” their faith. The term is an interesting one. I’ve often wondered why “faith deconstruction” in particular […]

Skyler Flowers and Michael GrahamFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

One Year Later: Reflecting on Evangelicalism's Six-Way Fracturing - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Skyler Flowers also contributed to this essay. Reflections on the Six Way Fracturing of Evangelicalism a Year Later Critical Race Theory. Afghanistan. Verdicts in Floyd and Arbery cases. Kyle Rittenhouse. Vaccine Mandates. Russia invades Ukraine. Roe v. Wade overturned. Uvalde […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCultureEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics

Shame - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Shame is, amongst other things, the problem of how to understand yourself and your relationship to neighbor in the aftermath of offending or hurting your neighbor. Given the fragmentation of our society, we shouldn’t be surprised that no one seems […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Orbanism and the Revolution - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the chief difficulties about the conversation between the Augustinian Liberal Christian Right and the Reactionary Christian Right to this point has been a lack of clarity about the actual political principles and norms that reactionary conservative evangelicals affirm.

Christina StantonFeaturedEvangelicalism

Hephzibah House: A Beacon of Hospitality in New York City - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And thou shalt be called Hephzibah… For the Lord delighteth in thee. —Isaiah 62:4 It’s no secret that New York City can feel cold, confusing, and unwelcoming to newcomers. And that was true even before two years of COVID shutdowns […]

Derek RishmawyFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Triviality of Pro-Choice Memes - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last week SCOTUS handed down its decision in the Dobbs case and changed the course of American legal, moral, and, well, general history, by striking down Roe v. Wade, ending the nation-wide regime of abortion-on-demand across virtually all nine months […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Violence We Can't Live Without - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It is easier to be violent than it is to care. That is the problem near the heart of so many of the maladies afflicting our nation today. Care costs us something. It demands something from us. If you choose […]

Jeff LiouFeaturedCurrent Politics

Critical Race Theory, Campus Culture, and Reformed Theology - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

No diploma and no graduation, that was the punishment. Five students had organized a large public protest on their university campus. A scholar who opposed the #blacklivesmatter movement had come to their school to deliver a public lecture. In response, […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Land is Bright - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And not through eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front the sun climbs slow, — how slowly! But westward — look! the land is bright. ~ A. H. Clough And so Roe is overthrown. Some […]

David MooreFeatured

From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Louis Markos is the beloved and brilliant Professor of English at Houston Baptist University. He is a prolific author, leading expert on C.S. Lewis, and has a keen interest in ancient Greece and Rome. All of these and more come […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Evangelization After the Secular Sabbath - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

For Christians of a certain age, I expect a certain kind of Christian testimony will sound familiar: You grow up in a home with both of your biological parents (who are married), you grow up in and around the church, […]