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Matthew Lee Anderson

Criticizing a (Reluctant) Conservative Christian Argument For Same Sex Marriage

John Schwenkler argues from a conservative Christian standpoint that resisting homosexual marriage does more harm than good: What are the realities that make this so? They stem, I think, from the fact that in a society like ours, where the […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The (Mis)Use of C.S. Lewis by Christian Libertarians

C.S. Lewis's is sometimes used by Christian advocates of gay marriage. But his two marriages approach doesn't mean what they think.

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This Year in Jerusalem

Ah, summer…a time of year to kick back, relax, sip some lemonade by the pool, and enjoy the slower pace of life. Maybe for some, but this year I’

TexMusicChurchTheology and Practice

Music and the Soul

We’re living in a time when there is a manifest crisis of worship in the church. It’s almost as if we’re in the midst of a rebellion

Matthew Lee Anderson

Marriage: A Contract or Status?

Reading Jason Kuznicki and D.A. Ridgely’s recent posts about marriage made me curious about the historical developments in the American legal understanding of marriage. Kuznicki: Ultimately, I’d like civil marriage simply to be a form of contract, combined with some […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Meaning of Marriage: Jason Kuznicki and Jennifer Roback Morse

The recent California Supreme Court decision to sanction homosexual marriage has launched the question of the State's relationship to matrimony back into the public consciousness.  Jennifer Roback Morse,

TexEconomics and Business

Imperialism and the Liberal Left

Imperialism is a word most often found in the mouths of green and hip college students, slung about in derision of cold-hearted, greedy conservatives that do little more than

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Uneasy Bedfellows?: Natural Law and Protestant Theology

If there is one idea that comes up in every lecture at Acton University, it is a particular view of the human person mentioned in shorthand as “Christian anthropology.”  This

Keith E. BuhlerBooks

Sex, Sushi & Salvation (Redux)

"I sense a craving in our churches and youth groups for a deeper union with Christ." (p.81) In Sex, Sushi, & Salvation Christian George has continued the

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Mustafa Akyol on the Basic Compatibility of Islam with Free Market Economy

A special treat for the attendees of Acton University, Mustafa Akyol delivered a lunch lecture addressing the principles of Islam that are basically compatible with free markets and free societies.

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Christianity and Globalization: A Unity in Diversity

The Judeo-Christian religion has always experienced a tension between expansion and isolation, universality and particularity. From the beginning of the history of the world as outlined in the Hebrew

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The Danger of Misplaced Pity

I have often found myself banging my head against the wall in frustration with the profligate waste of youthful energy exhibited by groups like Rock the Vote, Green Peace, and