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Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Stephen Colbert and Bart Ehrman

Stephen Colbert and Bart Ehrman

Matthew Lee Anderson

Conservatism and American Exceptionalism

I am occasionally asked by folks how to help young evangelicals understand and sympathize with conservative political ideology. Here’s a hint: Don’t steal religious language to make the case for American exceptionalism, as Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru unfortunately do. […]

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

On Lent and Hard Times: For Those Who Walk Among Noise

On Lent and Hard Times: For Those Who Walk Among Noise

Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says

Thomas Says: What Happens if, Whoops, I Killed You?

Thomas Says: What Happens if, Whoops, I Killed You?

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Hearing the Word: Why We should Value Our Ears

One of the joys of researching for my book on the body so far has been my encounter with Hans Jonas’ The Phenomenon of Life. As the careful observer can tell from the title, Jonas offers a phenomenology–that is, examines […]

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

A Word about Church Architecture

A Word about Church Architecture

Matthew Lee Anderson

G.K. Chesterton on YouTube

There are only four known audio recordings of the great G.K. Chesterton, and only one video (at least that I have found).  Thankfully, some of both are on the internet.

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Problem of King Lear

“Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.” So says the Duke of Albany to the treacherous daughter of King Lear, Goneril.  The line has a depth that allows it to stand on its own:  it jumps off the page and hits […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Brief Reflections on Composition after a Lecture

There are, of course, two relevant considerations in giving a lecture:  the ideas and the form.  Each has its own difficulties, and while they are inextricably linked, the form seems to pose the greatest challenge to me.  I may be […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Descartes and Mere-O

A few weeks ago, we announced that we were going to read Descartes with a small group of Mere-O readers.  And we still are. But we’re going to do it a week later than we originally announced:  March 6th and […]

TexPolitics

Old and Relevant: Plato's Anthropological Principle

Perhaps the most famous dialogue penned by Plato is his far-reaching Republic.  In this work he addresses the popular philosophy of his day—a philosophy that was promulgated by a group of teachers known to us as Sophists.  The Sophists were […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Darwinian Post-Modernism

Darwinian Post-Modernism