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Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Clarifying the Young Evangelical Elitism

I've been fascinated by the reactions to my musings about young evangelicals last week.  Most responses have been overwhelmingly negative, and several in ways that have been very

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Elitism, Tea Parties, and the Evangelical Left

My friend Mark Tooley treats the evangelical left’s response to the Tea Party as a sign their influence is fading: The current economy and political climate, of which the Tea Party is a symptom, may have neutralized whatever gains Wallis’s […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBooks

Giving Away Two Kingdoms

What have Kuyperians, the New Perspectivists on Paul, and the emerging church have in common? According to David VanDrunen, they all think that "the redemptive transformation of culture is

Andrew WalkerPolitics

Concerning the GOP & Christianity

“God is not a Democrat or a Republican.”  This, we hear ad nauseum from a barrage of sophisticated twentysomethings insistent that partisanship has no place in the Kingdom. Yet, a recent rejoinder I heard merits presentation: “Yes, this is true,” […]

Kevin WhitePhilosophyLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticeHistory/Church HistoryMetaphysics (Ontology)Trinity

Christianity and Hellenism, Part 2 of 3: On Being, Loosely Speaking

In my last post, I asserted that the early Christians made discriminating use of the ideas and methods of Greek philosophy. The key terms and categories were carefully reshaped and

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Disappointment of the Evangelical Left

As if on cue, Gabe Lyons and Jonathan Merritt have reminded everyone that conservative evangelicals are leaderless and losing influence.  The story practically writes itself at this point, which I

Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business

Utopia and Capitalist Christianity

Dr. Craig Carter was gracious enough to respond to my write-up of the Wallis-Brooks non-throwdown.  Excerpts and brief replies follow. What does it mean for society to

Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business

Wallis vs. Brooks: The Debate that Wasn't.

Capitalism may not have a soul, but working relations between Jim Wallis and Arthur Brooks might have a future. The event last Thursday at Wheaton College turned more tea party

Matthew Lee Anderson

Oliver O'Donovan on the American Political Environment

Oliver O'Donovan critiques American political passions and explores how the Gospel intersects with political theology.

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Craig Carter Interview: Final Installment

Today is the last installment of Mere Orthodoxy's interview with Dr. Craig Carter. We hope you've enjoyed this series and will venture over to his blog.

Andrew WalkerPolitics

Craig Carter Interview, Part 2

MO: Who is your all-time political philosopher? Theologian? Do the two ever inform the other? CC: That is a good question.  As it happens, my favourite political philosopher is

Kevin White

Christianity and Hellenism, Part 1 of 3

“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” That was the question raised by Tertullian at the end of the second century. At the beginning of the twentieth, Adolf von Harnack tried to identify the pure kerygma buried beneath layers of […]