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Matthew LoftusCultureHistory

patriotism good, nationalism bad? - Doctors Without Boredom

Nationalism may not be the boogeyman you want it to be, but it might be the petard which by nationalists are hoisting themselves.

Ryan McCormickFeaturedHistory

Christian Historiography and American History - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Over the past year, parents and conservative activists have clashed with teachers and school officials over how the history of race in America is taught in the classroom. The rhetoric on both sides has been heated, with debate centering specifically […]

Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHistoryCurrent PoliticsJournalJournal 1

The Prophet of Re-Alignment: Reading Michael Lind in the Ruins of the Old Republic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It has become a tired cliché to lament the polarization of American politics, yet after a year that witnessed a post-election assault on the US Capitol, and in which even epidemiology became a partisan issue, few would contest the truth […]

David MooreFeaturedHistory

Why We Are Restless - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Ben and Jenna Storey met while doing their doctorates at the University of Chicago. Ben is the Jane Gage Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs, and Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman University. Jenna is Assistant Professor of […]

Christina StantonFeaturedHistory

The Sphere, 20 Years Later - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It was love at first sight. Tall and statuesque, she cast a beautiful golden glow. To a 23-year-old Florida girl, she radiated the style and energy of my new city, and I wanted to be just like her. I sat […]

Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews

Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon - Commonplaces

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews

Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon - Commonplaces

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

Elizabeth SticeFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics

Reading "In Praise of Folly" in 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

The 16th century writer and reformer Erasmus of Rotterdam has much to teach us in our own moment of cultural fragmentation.

Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics

Honor Thy Boomer - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]

David BlackFeaturedHistoryEconomics and Business

Hansel & Gretel Disenchanted: A Response to Eugene McCarraher

“This is wrong,” the witch said. “Witches turn children into cookies. Children don’t turn witches into cookies. It’s against the natural order.”

Jake MeadorHistory

Christopher Dawson on Bourgeois Culture - Commonplaces

From “The Significance of Bolshevism” (written in 1933): Man cannot live in a spiritual void; he needs some fixed social standards and some absolute intellectual principles. Bolshevism at least replaces the spiritual anarchy of bourgeois society by a rigid order […]

Jake MeadorHistory

Christopher Dawson on Bourgeois Culture - Commonplaces

From “The Significance of Bolshevism” (written in 1933): Man cannot live in a spiritual void; he needs some fixed social standards and some absolute intellectual principles. Bolshevism at least replaces the spiritual anarchy of bourgeois society by a rigid order […]