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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Hipsters, Bohemians, and Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith, the author of the excellent book Desiring the Kingdom (my review is here), has penned a scathing review of Brett McCracken's Hipster Christianity. I don'

Cate MacDonaldUncategorizedCreation CareFormation

The Gospel According to Trees: Foundations of Creation Care

Your responses to my original question were as diverse and interesting as I had hoped for, but they did increase my awareness of just how big this topic is. Though

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

Nouwen on the Communal Life

My new favorite book is Can You Drink the Cup by Henri Nouwen. Well, actually, that's probably not true but it's really, really good. Nouwen uses

Andrew WalkerPolitics

Americolatry

Over at Patheos, Timothy Dalrymple has posted a series of questions for Christians to think through regarding our concern and veneration of America. His questions are deserving of a response,

Matthew Lee Anderson

An Hour Full of Awesome

Rumors that Jake Meador makes a guest appearance turn out to be false, but at least he sent it over to me. I suspect its things like this that really change the world. Enjoy.

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Meaning of the Values Voter Summit

In 2007, Mitt Romney blew his chance to be the Republican nominee by giving a particularly wooden speech to the audience whose support and energy he most needed:  the "

Andrew Walker

Christian Encounters: William F. Buckley

Count me disappointed. This was the bitter taste left in my mouth after reading what I had hoped would be an excellent book pertaining to an important subject on an unbelievably influential thinker. I am an enormous William F. Buckley […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Why Evangelical Christians Cannot Win: Beck, Patrol, and Civil Religion

When Andrée Seu wrote that Glenn Beck is a "new creation in Christ," despite the fact that he is a "Mormon and all that," conservative evangelicals

Andrew WalkerPoliticsUncategorized

Dispatches from the Values Voter Summit: Needing a Nexus

Events at Values Voter Summit 2010 have begun. As I write, I'm watching Newt Gingrich speak during the morning session on Saturday morning. It is not my intent

Jeremy MannBible

What are Theologians For?

What are theologians for? What are they supposed to do? If the theologians of the world went on a retreat together and made a list of objectives for 2011, what would be on it? I’m not sure how to answer […]

Cate MacDonaldFormation

The Gospel According to Trees: An Intro

In the next few weeks I’ll be writing variations on a theme here at Mere-O and I’m interested to know how you all feel about the theme itself. A few weeks ago we were contacted by an organization that plants […]

Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism

Matt Anderson on "Focusing on the Family"

Matthew Lee Anderson, lead writer at Mere-O, is without internet access for the moment and asked me, apologetically, to put up a link to his newest article at Christianity