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Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s been a productive month here at Mere-O, and our largest month ever in terms of traffic (thanks!). We’re grateful for all the new readers we have, and for all the comments and feedback. Even when I can’t respond as […]
Matthew Lee AndersonembodimentAnthropology
I’m generally sympathetic to Robert Gundry’s helpful explication of the role of the body in Biblical theology. His careful exegetical work foreshadowed John Cooper’s conclusions in Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting: the anthropology of Scripture points toward something like a […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Over the past five years, Mere-O's slate of writers has seen quite a bit of turnover. We've had a number of writers graduate to other
Matthew Lee Anderson
I’m giving a talk for Wheatstone Academy in a few weeks on the relationship between courage, theology, and the creation of culture. I am still putting together my thoughts on the talk and trying to identify the specific angle I […]
TexUncategorized
In Augustine’s classic defense of Christianity and critique of pagan culture, the City of God Against the Pagans, he introduces a new historical schema that marks a radical departure
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The Front Porchers sounded an odd note today in Susan McWilliams’ argument that Barack Obama’s failures to govern indicate that he should talk more, not less, to the American people. I say ‘odd’ because by any objective standard, Obama talked […]
Cate MacDonald
Does it ever give thee pause, that men used to have a soul – not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech; but as a truth that they knew and acted upon. Verily it was another world then… […]
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
The Pope, I'm sure you've heard, wants Catholic Priests to use the internet. The announcement was ripe for mockery, but after reading it, it's
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
A friend recently emailed me some encouragement that started with a qualification I hear a lot: "I haven't read everything you've written, but..." That&
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Soma Review has a fascinating examination of former President Duane Liftin's tenure at Wheaton, which many people regard as the flagship of evangelicalism (a mantle, I sometimes provocatively
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
If I ever write a book, I will be content if it is half as thoughtful, profound, and meditative as Gilbert Meilander’s Neither Beast Nor God. I am tempted
Matthew Lee Anderson
A few excerpts from some of the things I’ve read recently and haven’t gotten around to writing about. Dear Conservative Movement: Stop Ruining my Life But perversely, you seem to thrive on this sort of failure. You’ve always accused liberals […]