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Matthew EmersonFeatured

What Do We Do with Karl Barth? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’m pleased to publish this guest post from Dr. Matthew Emerson. Recently, Christiane Tietz’ Theology Today article, “Karl Barth and Charlotte von Kirschbaum,” was a hot topic in one small corner of the internet, occupied mostly by academic theologians. Tietz’ […]

Berny BelvederePoliticsFeatured

In the Center There Is Joy | Mere Orthodoxy

Berny Belvedere argues that the great need of the moment is a new kind of centrism that can freely draw on the wisdom of both left and right.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Ecclesiology and the Zombie Pastor Problem - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A brief note on the furor surrounding Patheos’s decision to add Mark Driscoll to their Evangelical channel: One of the common responses when something like this hits the press is for evangelicals, self-lacerating sorts that we are, to say that […]

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politics

Lessons from the Wreckage: Notes on Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lessons from the Wreckage, Pt. I: A Voice from the Whirlwind He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot, he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, […]

Guest WriterFeatured

How to Work for Justice on Sunday Afternoon Without Leaving Your Couch

Colin Redemer provides a brief guide on how to engage in some Sunday afternoon slacktivism.

Brandon McGinleyFeaturedCurrent Politics

The End of Bourgeois Christian Politics | Mere Orthodoxy

If Christianity stops being socially acceptable, what possible incentive can there be for Christians to keep chasing after middle-class respectability?

Guest WriterFeaturedHistory

US History, Structural Racism, NFL Protests, and the Kingdom of God

Michael Graham places the current debates surrounding national anthem protests into a broader context and explains how Christians should respond to them.

Matthew LoftusFeatured

The Uneasy Conscience of a Christian Liberal | Mere Orthodoxy

In which Matthew Loftus argues, contra Jake Meador, that Michael Wear's "Reclaiming Hope" is a good model of thinking about Christian cobelligerence.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Mere Fidelity: Augustine's *Confessions,* Book I - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This week Alastair, Derek, and Matt take up and read Book 1 of Augustine’s Confessions. If you’d like to read along–which we encourage you to do–Henry Chadwick’s translation is available widely at a reasonable price. If you like the show, please do leave […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Assimilate or Go Home by D.L. Mayfield | Mere Orthodoxy

D. L. Mayfield's "Assimilate or Go Home," is a strong example of a young evangelical conversion narrative which is both prophetic and penitent in style.

Susannah Black and Jake MeadorFeatured

Two Cow Denominations | Mere Orthodoxy

In which the Mere O writers explain various Christian denominations with the aid of two cows.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

The PCA's "Tim Keller Problem" | Mere Orthodoxy

The PCA has a number of problems. But "Kellerism" isn't the issue. And if we aren't careful, the critiques of Kellerism will become a far larger issue.