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Why Populism is a Problem for the Intellectual Right

January 16th, 2026 | 12 min read

By Andrew Koperski

In my last piece for Mere Orthodoxy, I ended with a vague complaint about intellectual ecosystems (e.g., Christian scholarship) that become defined excessively by a particular tradition (e.g., a certain conception of theology). This tendency extends beyond conservative Christian circles to much of the broader Intellectual Right of today. Insofar as many Christians are part of or closely adjacent to the Intellectual Right at large, it bears articulating some of that criticism more precisely.

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