The Archive
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
There are few books that I wish every evangelical under the age of forty would read: Jon Shields’ The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right is one of them. Shields’
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Interesting thoughts from my friend Mark Galli on the role and meaning of Lent, much of which overlap with worries I've articulated elsewhere about our sanctification being reduced
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theory
Rachel Held Evans' readers ask all kinds of hard questions. As in really hard questions. There's are thoughts on several topics there that may be unfamiliar to
Matthew Lee AndersonCurrent Politics
Let's pick up where we left off last week, shall we? On Friday, President Obama addressed the nation and announced a compromise on the question of mandatory contraception.
Matthew Lee AndersonCurrent Politics
Alan Noble over at Christ and Pop Culture takes on conservatives for how they went about the Komen controversy: Christian activism tends to take two forms, political and economic. The basic method in both cases is the same, though: we […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I'm loitering over at Rachel Held Evans' site these days as questions roll in about my opinions on matters faith and politics. She was kind enough to
Matthew Lee Anderson
January was one of the more prolific seasons I’ve had in a while, which was a lot of fun. But in case you missed any of it, here are the most popular posts (by traffic) from the year’s first month. […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Back in December, I had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable for Christianity Today about the prospects and limits of social networking for churches. Here’s my opening: The benefits of social networking are many but require judicious and […]
Matthew Lee AndersonLaw
The discussion last week about the HHS decision to require religious organizations (excluding churches) to pay for contraception through their insurance plan was, in short, excellent. My hope in what
Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism
Friend-of-Mere-O Christopher Benson has alerted me to an important discussion taking place over at Books & Culture. With the release of Four Views on the Spectrum of
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
The good folks over at Relevant Magazine invited me to chip in my thoughts on a series they've been doing on Christians and politics. You should read the
Cate MacDonaldSocial Trends
A few weeks ago I watched this testimony given by Mike Rowe in front of the Senate. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. If you haven’t already