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Kevin WhitePolitics

But What’s Conservative? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’ve been following Matt’s recent posts on the culture wars with quiet interest.* He’s already pointed to ambiguities in the term “culture wars”. But in light of his latest post on the culture wars and conservatism, I feel inclined to […]

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

What's Conservative about "Non-Culture War Conservatism"?

What's Conservative about "Non-Culture War Conservatism"?

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

The Christian Right's Democratic Virtues: An Interview with Jon Shields - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

  Earlier this year I raved about an important book that has been (unfortunately) overlooked by most commentators on evangelical political engagement.  I invited Professor Shields to answer a few questions based on the work and he graciously accepted. 1) […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Should the church continue to object to gay marriage? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

That was the question that Leadership Journal asked me to write about, so write about it I did. At its core, the question of gay marriage is not simply one of tax benefits or social prestige: it is a question […]

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture War

Four Moves for a Non-Culture War Conservatism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’ve been going on about “non-culture war” conservatism over the past two weeks, attempting to delineate its characteristic shape over and against some of its rivals. It’s possible that the position is substantively no different than that held by the […]

Cate MacDonaldEducation

To Go Where Two Men Have Gone Before

To Go Where Two Men Have Gone Before

Matthew Lee AndersonCulture

On Memorial Day, We Remember the Dead

On Memorial Day, We Remember the Dead

Matthew Lee Andersonmillennial evangelicalsculture warsEvangelicalismjonathan merrittBook Reviews

A Faith of our Own: A Review of Jonathan Merritt's New Book

A Faith of our Own: A Review of Jonathan Merritt's New Book

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitical Theology

Post-Partisan Evangelicals and the Culture Wars: An Attempt at Clarification

Post-Partisan Evangelicals and the Culture Wars: An Attempt at Clarification

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

The End of Generations

The End of Generations

Matthew Lee AndersonBook Reviews

Rhett Smith's Anxious Christian: Under Review

Rhett Smith's Anxious Christian: Under Review

Matthew Lee Anderson

Superficially Innoccuous Practices and Why We should Care about Tattoos - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My piece at Relevant on tattoos (yes, another) came out last week and commenters, well, let’s just say they didn’t quite get it. The general sentiment was something along the lines of “Who cares?,” a response I would rebuke if […]