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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
In his brilliant defense of Christendom--to which I hope to devote more attention later--Oliver O'Donovan offers what amounts to a drive-by dismantling of what we
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to write up my thoughts on the generational shifts in evangelicalism (see also the related conversation here and here). The most recent issue
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
Drew Goodmanson, a fellow presenter at Christian Web Conference and all around smart-guy, argued today that we should reframe the discussion about online church around this question: What are
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
As more evangelicals begin to wrestle with questions of technology and how it shapes our local congregations, I suspect there will be many who sympathize with the position articulated quite
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
Andrew's post about virtuality and the possibility of online church--or is it 'church'?--is definitely a 'must read' for anyone who interested in
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
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
Ben Domenech's recent New Ledger piece has set off no little conversation on one of my favorite topics: marriage. He writes (though the whole thing is worth a
Gary HartenburgPhilosophyLiberal Arts
There are, at least, two general ways of thinking about moral rights and goods.One way is to think of rights as protections against others who would prevent me from
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
It is an odd fact about American culture and the gay marriage debate that while conservatives are winning (at least for the moment) the public opinion battle, they are losing
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
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
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 […]