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Joy ClarksonFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Boredom in a World Without Windows - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

James Dankert and John D. Eastwood. Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020. $27.95, 282 pp. In a study where participants were instructed to sit in a room with nothing to do for only […]

Ana SiljakFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Atheist Nones and the Problem of Soviet Atheism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Victoria Smolkin. A Sacred Space is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. $32.95, 360 pp. It is perhaps too easily forgotten that Soviet Communism began as a vibrant ideology, full of optimism for the […]

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 […]

Christian SchmidtFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall: Love and Citizenship - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

WELCOME TO UNALASKA. FREE COFFEE DONUTS. John Honan’s in the school bus next to the bridge again, its black on white on yellow greeting lit up in the fog lamps of the ramshackle cars blearily gazing through the dim mist […]

Tara ThiekeFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Our Fugitive Senses and Sensibilities - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Throughout the archaeological, biological, and literary records of homo sapiens emerges a common trait: the species best capable of lifting eyes and mind heavenward has not found this earth to be enough. However murkily understood, the great mounds of earth […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Marriage as Moral Orthodoxy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As evangelicals watch megachurches and other institutions wobble in their convictions about marriage, we have sought to buttress support by elevating the traditional view of the doctrine to a matter of orthodoxy. Always up for a good statement — or […]

Oliver O'DonovanFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Punishment and Exchange - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It seems to some the very epitome of a “mere” orthodoxy in the worst sense — too juridical for God’s mercy and too arbitrary for God’s justice — even to those who are not in the habit of yielding too […]

Michael GoheenFeaturedJournalJournal 1

A Missionary Encounter with the West: A Guide to Lesslie Newbigin - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lesslie Newbigin has been characterized by a leading church historian as “probably the most influential British theologian of the twentieth century.”[1] He spent 40 years in India as a missionary. When he returned to Europe, he had fresh eyes to […]

Kirsten SandersFeaturedFormationJournalJournal 1

On Christian Hope - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. — Psalm 90:1–20 I have often […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedJournalJournal 1

Introducing Mere Orthodoxy #1: Fall 2021 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This is the introductory letter that ran with our inaugural print edition, which reached subscribers last week. Subscribe now to receive future issues. In order to maximize our reach in these early days of the print edition, I will be […]