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Jeremy MannEducation

Review of "One Day, All Children..." - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Over the last twenty years, Teach For America has led 21,000 of the nation’s brightest young people into public education in low-income communities, where roughly 60% of them have stayed. Less than half of traditionally-trained teachers stay more than two […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

A Self-Imposed Silence: Fitzgerald's Response - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jonathan Fitzgerald responds to my point about the conversation that we cannot have: So then, does my calling for “a moratorium on debates over what qualifies as sin in other peoples’ lives” translate into a call for the end of […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Comments trouble.

Comments trouble.

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Taking on Caitlin Flanagan's Latest

Taking on Caitlin Flanagan's Latest

Kevin WhiteTheology and Practice

Armadillos in My Garden

Armadillos in My Garden

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Conversation Our Culture Cannot Have, But Must Anyway

The Conversation Our Culture Cannot Have, But Must Anyway

Matthew Lee AndersonBook Reviews

*The Deep Things of God* in Christianity Today

*The Deep Things of God* in Christianity Today

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

The Individualizing Presence

The Individualizing Presence

Andrew WalkerEducation

The Role of Ideologies in Christian Education - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Can Christian higher education be non-ideological? Can Christian higher education divorce itself from raising issues of political implications? In a word: Absolutely not. Recently, I came across an interesting article from a former adjunct teacher at King’s College. King’s College, […]

Andrew Walker

The Plight of the Education Bubble - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My friend Christopher Benson sent me this article the other day and it begs a wide reading. Foreboding as it is, “The Disposable Academic: Why Doing a PhD is Often a Waste of Time” is both clarifying and sobering. I’ll […]

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream, and Did Something About It.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Dream, and Did Something About It.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Why Christians Should Oppose Death Panels - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Over at The Gospel Coalition, I respond to Rob Moll’s controversial suggestion that Christians should endorse federal funding for end-of-life counseling.  The conclusion: If I might close with a slightly broader point about Christian discourse on this issue, as Christians […]