The is the first installment of what I hope becomes a series of posts that I will do intermittently. The goal of the series is to offer a brief description of a book that I have on my bookshelf and then explain why I think it a valuable book to own and read. I figure that if I do this long enough, I will discover those books that I can no longer justify keeping, thus helping me weed out a collection that pushes our small apartment beyond the breaking point.
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Matthew Lee Anderson
Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.