The Archive
Matthew Lee Anderson
Modern interpretation and preaching about the Song of Songs is largely characterized by its reaction against classical notions of ‘allegory’ that mitigated the sexual content of the book by making it all about YHWH and his people. The defensive posture […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
In light of Rhett’s interesting (and true!) thoughts on what novels do for us, I was intrigued to read Francis Watson’s rather critical comments of their form in western literature: The assumption that ‘love’ (or ‘romantic love’) is the primary […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
The Gospel to the Phillipians
Matthew Lee AndersonGender
The Incarnation and Male/Female Mutuality
TexPoliticsLiberal ArtsHistory/Church History
Fear and Greatness: Why American Citizens Should Worry That the Terror of Terrorism Has Such Little Effect on the Behaviors and Beliefs of Men
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s been a busy week for me, and I haven’t gotten a chance to do justice to many of the interesting content I’ve come across. So for your pleasure, here’s some thoughts worthy of your attention: Dietrich Bonhoeffer takes on […]
Gary HartenburgChurchLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticePresenceFormation
Socrates, Remy, and the Solitary Contemplation of Beauty
Matthew Lee Anderson
Ramesh Ponnuru and Rich Lowry have a response to their critics up at National Review, and they saw fit to include me in their targets. They write: Our essay attracted some criticism from the right as well. Matthew Lee Anderson faults […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Worship: The Appropriate Response to Concupiscence
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
Focusing on the practices of the church is all the rage these days. Professor Smith’s excellent and thought provoking book is only the latest volley in a long list of theologians attempting to reorient the center of Christianity away from […]
Andrew WalkerUncategorized
European (un)Exceptionalism
Matthew Lee Anderson
Chesterton's Orthodoxy tills the soil for the seeds of doctrine. His imaginative first principles are an antidote to modernity.