The Archive
Matthew Lee AndersonBooks
I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a fan of Fred Sanders' Deep Things of God. I was honored, though, that Christianity Today
Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice
Ingolf Dalferth: In all its varieties the Christian sense of the presence of God individualizes, i.e. transforms particular human beings into individual persons. When it dawns upon me that
Andrew WalkerEducation
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
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
I've never really paid much attention to Martin Luther King Jr. day. School holidays don't mean much to homeschoolers, and though I've always vaguely
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
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 […]
Andrew WalkerPolitics
In trying to frame my own understanding of what occurred in Tucson on Saturday, it hit me that in trying to explain the inexplainable, I had become what I detested about mainstream punditry—a profligate member of the commentariat. Though I am not a fan […]
Jeremy MannEducation
Today I received on my desk an advanced copy of Wendy Kopp’s new book. In addition to being one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2008, Kopp
Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism
I'm nearing the end of Wesley Hill's recent book Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality. In a word, it's a beautifully
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I've been ridiculously bad at letting Mere-O's readers know of my writings elsewhere, which I plan on remedying here. For instance, I reviewed America'
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
As promised. The conclusion: Reservations aside, Hill’s book is a remarkably sensitive treatment of the complexities of human sexuality that manages to fuse graciousness with a firm resolve in
Matthew Lee Anderson
Douthat: In every era, there’s been a tragic contrast between the burden of unwanted pregnancies and the burden of infertility. But this gap used to be bridged by adoption far more frequently than it is today. Prior to 1973, 20 […]