The Archive

Every essay.

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

On the Question of the Reality of Online Church

On the Question of the Reality of Online Church

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

Perfectionism and the Death of the Local Church (at least as we know it)

Perfectionism and the Death of the Local Church (at least as we know it)

Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology

On Virtuality and Online Church

On Virtuality and Online Church

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

The Online Church is a Speaking Church - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In The New Media Frontier, I distinguished between being and doing before going on to argue that the only way to signify one’s presence online was through linking, commenting, or some other activity.  Otherwise, readers remain ‘depersonalized,’ known only by […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

On Marrying Young

On Marrying Young

Gary HartenburgPhilosophyLiberal Arts

Morality, Beauty, and Abercrombie

Morality, Beauty, and Abercrombie

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

On Metaphysical Conservatism and the Problem of Marriage

On Metaphysical Conservatism and the Problem of Marriage

Matthew Lee Anderson

Following the Cloud: On Changes in my Life and at Mere-O - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It’s been a long time since I have posted consistently here at Mere-O, or anywhere else for that matter.  The new position at Evangelical Outpost and my day job have conspired to sap nearly all my intellectual energy. I simply […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

On the Premature Judgment of Sarah Palin - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There are few decisions or events in our media saturated era that happen without the requisite context to pass a reasonable judgment.  And judgement–in a non-pejorative sense–is precisely what political punditry offers the political process.  The ability to assess information, […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

On Public Enemies - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There’s little left to say about Public Enemies that Brett McCracken (who is working on a book on hipster Christianity that is sure to be a must-read) hasn’t already said.   More than anything, Public Enemies revels in and inflates […]

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

Some Rough Notes on Technology, Exclusivity, and Online Church

Some Rough Notes on Technology, Exclusivity, and Online Church

Matthew Lee Anderson

Happenings from Around the Web - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In case you missed it, First Things got a facelift last weekend.  A few of my favorite blogs now reside there, including Wesley J. Smith’s Secondhand Smoke and the ineffable James Polous’ cohort of Postmodern Conservatives.    Second, the brilliant […]