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Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns
One of the most significant facts of Christian theology is that the death and resurrection of the man Jesus Christ empowers not only the redemption of all mankind, but the
TexUncategorized
I happened to run across a “human interest” piece at the BBC today with a title bound to attract a high number of curious in-clicks: “Muslim designers mix hijab
Matthew Lee Anderson
Milliner has typically astute thoughts on the relationship–it’s a stormy one, where it exists at all–between beauty and the theology of Karl Barth. In the comments (which are all worth reading), he writes: But I found that Barthian concerns did […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
I just finished sending out Mere-O Monthly and thought I'd share it here. What? You haven't signed up for it? You should. It's
Matthew Lee Anderson
Like us here at Mere-O, Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen likes C.S. Lewis. As an undergrad, she was drawn to his vision of a Christianity, which fuses intellectual robustness with piety and a lively imagination. She found in him a subtle […]
Matthew Lee AndersonMetaphysics (Ontology)
Tomorrow, my experience of time will dramatically change. Over the past six months, I have been working for an international corporation in what amounted to a digital stockroom. It was the sort of job that would turn the most hardened […]
Cate MacDonaldDevotionalFormation
As I type this I am watching a smug and self-important young woman on a Sunday morning show give a monologue on The Pill. On this Mother’s Day, she is telling the nation how great it is that women no […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
If there’s a hymn that encapsulates the impulse and theology behind the evangelical revivals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, “Jesus Paid it All” is it. But the “Jesus Paid it All” that was brought to prominence by […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I've been consumed at work by my impending job change--today was my last day--so I haven't had much chance to read up on conversations
Andrew WalkerPolitics
Aaron Weaver, The Big Daddy Weave, in a recent post, accused Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler of peddling a false bill of goods to his readers: “selling fear and actively
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Where I spoke of the "frivolity of beauty," Adolph Saphir speaks of the God-givenness of superfluities. I was first introduced to Saphir by my friend and mentor
Matthew Lee Anderson
These are the books that I have reviews of forthcoming. Now you know. Are there any books that you’d like me to add to the list?