I have sometimes argued explicitly that authenticity is one of the predominant virtues for younger evangelicals. As non-anecdotal evidence for the claim is extremely difficult to produce, I was intrigued by Gregg Ten Elshof’s corroboration of my account in his excellent book I Told Me So: Self-Deception and the Christian Life. Writes Ten Elshof: For [...]
Archive for September, 2009
September 24, 2009
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Chesterton and the Possibility of Romance
By Matthew Lee Anderson in People and RelationshipsApologies for the lack of writing. I am in the throes of an article on marriage to submit to The City, and it is proving much more difficult than I had expected. The issues surrounding marriage are so intricate and complex that I suspect a book is the only proper way to treat them. Regardless, [...]
September 23, 2009
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Guess the Speaker: Education
By Jeremy Mann in America, Education, QuotationsI like to invent games, the more variables the better: multiple creators, absurd rules, elaborate procedures, built-in randomizers. One could accuse me of getting more excited about the invention than the actual playing—I have no problem stopping a game just after starting to consider new potential permutations. Today I’ll spare you and keep the game [...]
September 22, 2009
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Love, Mimicry, and Men
By Matthew Lee Anderson in All Things LovelyWhile researching for an article on marriage that I am writing, I came upon this abstract: Recent studies have found that mimicking the verbal and nonverbal behavior of strangers enhances their liking of the individual who mimicked them. An experiment was carried out in two bars during six sessions of speed dating for which young [...]
September 17, 2009
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Blest Be the iTies that Bind: Thoughts From CWC on Online Church
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Church)Last Saturday, I spoke at the Christian Web Conference on the question of church online. My prepared remarks, which I have slightly modified, are below. Over the past few weeks, this conversation has burgeoned, and I hope to interact with many of the new voices on these questions. For now, feel free to read and [...]
September 15, 2009
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Friendship, I guess
By Cate MacDonald in UncategorizedYou guys, you will not believe what I am about to do. And I am sorry. Really. I’ve tried to figure out a way around this, but it can’t be helped. I am starting this post with a definition from a dictionary. Webster’s 1828, to be exact. I know. “Friendship: n. An attachment to a [...]
September 10, 2009
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Psychology in Education
By Jeremy Mann in America, East and West, EducationI just read an expansive article by David Tyack, professor emeritus at Stanford in the history of education. In the article Tyack considers at length the different populations that have been neglected in the American education system. Any student of history would learn something; I was struck by how racism during WWII made it seem [...]
September 9, 2009
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Thomas Says: Killing Sinners
By GaryH in Applied Philosophy, Law, Philosophy, Theology, Thomas SaysAfter his discussion of whether it’s a sin to kill plants or animals, Thomas discusses the question of whether it’s permissible to kill sinners. Thomas says it is not a sin to kill sinners. We’ll see that the question of killing sinners is importantly related to the question of killing animals. I don’t know about [...]
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September 8, 2009
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Notes toward the Conservative Renewal: Gerson and Wehner
By Matthew Lee Anderson in America, PoliticsIn the latest issue of Commentary, Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner have offered the latest volley in the ongoing war to define conservatism’s future. While less comprehensive than the path offered by Dreher or Salam/Douthat, Gerson and Wehner offer their own distinct blend of foci as a cure for the Republican intellectual and political malaise. [...]
September 3, 2009
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Thomas Says: Killing Plants and Animals
By GaryH in Applied Philosophy, The Soul, Theology, Thomas SaysAs a way of getting my blogging going, I thought I’d start a series of posts on some teachings of Thomas Aquinas. I think this will be interesting (at least to me) because Thomas covers so much material in easy-to-digest portions and because his Summa is available online. So today, let’s start—for no specific reason—with [...]
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September 2, 2009
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Backyard Character
By Cate MacDonald in Christianity and Culture, Life in general, Theology, Theology (Christian Life)Hi everyone, remember me? After a couple of guest posts and many years of faithful reading, I’ve come to join the boys as a regular contributor here at Mere-O. I tried to link my previous posts for you but, well, I don’t know how. However, if you search my name you can read them and [...]
September 1, 2009
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Quinceañera is a Good Movie About Los Angeles
By Jeremy Mann in Reviews, Reviews (Films)If you are full deep yearning, and I hope you are, it’s fair to assume you have two dogmas regarding cities. (Those with very deep yearning won’t bring it up, but they actually have two “dogmata”) These axioms help inform all other urban value judgments. They are: #1. New York is good. #2. Los Angeles [...]