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Religious Liberty and Religious Establishment: A Reply to Trabbic

The Catholic argument for a confessional state is a compelling one. Unfortunately, the same premises also support religious coercion.

Brandon McGinleyPoliticsFeatured

Stop Making Hospitality Complicated | Mere Orthodoxy

If we think "hospitality" means "entertaining" and "serving gourmet meals in an immaculately clean house," we'll probably never practice actual hospitality.

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Stay Woke, Cultivate Virtue - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The new synthetic morality fails precisely because it offers no account of personal formation, no means of shaping an individual person toward virtue.

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeaturedEvangelicalism

On Powers, Principalities, and Politics | Mere Orthodoxy

What do the prophets say about those who align themselves with God's enemies? And what do they say about those who persist in doing so for an extended time?

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 MeadorPoliticsHistory

W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk--Chapter 3

In chapter three, Du Bois turns his attention to Booker T. Washington and offers a measured yet devastating critique of Washington's project.

Jake MeadorPoliticsHistoryEvangelicalism

On Presidential Politics and Evangelical Cultural Clout

The electoral success of the Republican party has convinced some that evangelicalism is still culturally ascendant. That idea is almost entirely mistaken.

Matthew LoftusPolitics

Civics is not LARPing - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We should oppose Trump's presidency, not resist it. More importantly, we should cultivate civic character.

Jake MeadorPoliticsEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

The Problem of Pronouns and Pluralism | Mere Orthodoxy

Telling people that they should want to preserve pluralism only works if they think of pluralism as a social good. Radical individualists don't.

Alastair RobertsPolitics

Sometimes Narratives Betray the Cause

The story of Elizabeth Holmes reminds us of how image and narrative can blind us to what is true of a person and discredit legitimate social movements.

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War

Recovering our Confidence: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#4) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Social Conservatism talks a loud game but actually has little confidence. Social conservatives should try to recover it strategically.

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War

Recover Intellectual Creativity: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#3) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Social conservatism needs to recover its intellectual creativity by being willing to question its own first principles.