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Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCulture War

End the Hostilities Against Elites: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#2) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Social conservatives tend to be hostile toward elites. That needs to end if the movement is going to thrive.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

To Sow or to Reap: Four Theses on Social Conservatism (#1) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Social conservatism's future is uncertain. This is the first of four theses on how it should relate to culture.

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCurrent Politics

There is no Pro-Life Case for Donald Trump - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We are now in the 12th hour of the conservatism’s life in this election cycle, which means it is as good a time as any to revisit the question of how I plan to proceed through American political life over […]

Matthew LoftusPolitics

The Politics of Urgency and Limits of Policy | Mere Orthodoxy

Good policy can solve many evils, but the limits of policy are such that other forms of challenging injustice and transforming society are necessary.

Jake MeadorPolitics

3 Points on #PPSellsBabyParts - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The third and fourth videos in the Center for Medical Progress’s series on Planned Parenthood dropped this week and the response, at least to the third, has been a bit different from that of the first two weeks. (As I […]

Jake MeadorPolitics

The Inevitability of Same-Sex Marriage - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Same-sex marriage has been inevitable for decades. When the home economy was gutted it is only natural that family life would be likewise compromised.

Jake MeadorPoliticsTelevision

The Narrow Vision of House of Cards | Mere Orthodoxy

For all their dissimilarities, there is one important and d

Jake MeadorPoliticsEthics

The Demands of Love in Harry Potter | Mere Orthodoxy

Love in Harry Potter is not primarily a feeling or emotion, but rather an orientation to the world that transforms everything one looks at.

Jake MeadorPolitics

On the Libertarian Solution to the Marriage Debate

The Revs Christopher Seitz and Ephraim Radner have become the latest to propose a badly mistaken libertarian solution to the marriage debate.

Matthew LoftusPoliticsCultureEconomics and Business

Faith, Family, and the Dangers of Capitalism

Do Hobby Lobby’s day-to-day practices contravene many conservative values? Are the dangers of capitalism more than we reckoned for?

Jake MeadorPolitics

The Politics of Tolkien | Mere Orthodoxy

George RR Martin's critique of the politics of Tolkien, while somewhat understandable, misrepresents Tolkien on a foundational level.

Michael HendrixPoliticsstatismconservativismpopulism

Against Populism

Conservatives ought to be against populism: Burke had it right when he distrusted both government and people.