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Matthew Lee AndersonWeekend Reading

Weekend Reading: Notes from around the Internets

Weekend Reading: Notes from around the Internets

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

We are all Culture Warriors Now(?) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

David Sessions does yeoman’s work trying to disambiguate “culture wars” as a term: I think most of us loosely think of culture warring as a special class of ressentiment, combat driven by a mentality of besiegement, symbolic struggle, and supposed existential […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Who speaks for Millennial Evangelicals? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jamie Smith, reflecting about the claims that millennial Christians are leaving the church because of her views on politics, evolution, and the rest of the standard litany of grievances: And what exactly are we supposed to do with these claims? […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitical Theology

Culture Wars and the Future of the Evangelical Political Witness

Culture Wars and the Future of the Evangelical Political Witness

Matthew Lee Anderson

What's a Homemaker Really Worth? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Editor’s note:  This is a guest post by Chris Marlink, Social Media Director for the Family Research Council.   Remember the media prattle about a conservative “war on women?” It would seem that meme has come to an abrupt end thanks […]

Matthew Lee AndersonCurrent Politics

Julia's Monochromatic Life: A Guest post by Ryan Messmore

Julia's Monochromatic Life: A Guest post by Ryan Messmore

Matthew Lee AndersonMarriage

The Marriage Plot and the Rise of Memoir

The Marriage Plot and the Rise of Memoir

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Essay Prizes, the Problem of Evil, and Philosophy of Religion: An Interview with Michael Rea

Essay Prizes, the Problem of Evil, and Philosophy of Religion: An Interview with Michael Rea

Matthew Lee Anderson

The End of Courage and the Surrender of Evangelical Sexual Ethics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“[W]hat the young properly demand is an account of life and the initiation into a community that makes intelligible why their interest in sex should be subordinated to other interests.  What they, and we, demand is the lure of an […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

A Hill to Die On: Evangelicals, Contraception, and the Integrity of our Witness - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jenell Paris has responded to my essay on whether churches should advocate for contraception for single people. Or she linked to it anyway. Her reply gives little indication that she read beyond my first paragraph. I’ve more to say about […]

Kevin WhiteTheology and Practice

The Skeleton of the Inner Man

The Skeleton of the Inner Man

Matthew Lee AndersonSexuality

The Church and Contraception for its Single Members

The Church and Contraception for its Single Members