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Matthew Lee Anderson

Sex Selection and the Privatization of American Life - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In his article last Thursday, William Saletan highlighted sex selection’s apparent arrival to American shores. He writes: Now comes further evidence of this effect. Two days ago, economists Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund published an article in Proceedings of the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

The Postmodern Soul(?) and Augustine

The Postmodern Soul(?) and Augustine

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Political Plank in Our Eye: Conservatives, the Constitution, and the California Homeschooling (non-)Crisis - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The recent flap over a California court’s decision that threatened the (assumed) legality of homeschooling in California has now subsided due to the decision being vacated. However, the issue will doubtlessly be a newsworthy item for a while, as the […]

TexembodimentAnthropology

I met a smile on my way... - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Imperturbable smiles are pitiable things, somewhat reminiscent of the Little Prince’s rose who took naive delight in her four thorns, unjustifiably proud of the one thing that made her vulnerable—and laughable; or of Voltaire’s Candide always optimistically re-interpreting the facts […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

The Death of Statesmanship

The Death of Statesmanship

Keith E. Buhlerembodiment

The Sword and the Shaving Brush - an Overview - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I. The Sword and the Shaving Brush II. A Brief History of Clothing III. The Three Aesthetic Problems IV. Relativism, Immodesty, Evanglism V. Solving the Three Aesthetic Problems VI. Towards an Incarnational Aesthetic VII. Nature and the Aim of Fiction […]

TexUncategorized

Sin Unveiled

Sin Unveiled

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Whoa-whoa-whoa, livin' in a Gutenburg Galaxy.

Whoa-whoa-whoa, livin' in a Gutenburg Galaxy.

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Indeed. - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Note: Rather than pen new completely new thoughts this year, I thought I would revise this post from Easter 2007. He is risen. Among the litany of thoughts that will doubtlessly be posted this Easter Sunday, I offer only this […]

Keith E. BuhlerPoetry

Have a Good Friday

Have a Good Friday

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Fasting for Listening

Fasting for Listening

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Immigration and American Pragmatic Optimism

Immigration and American Pragmatic Optimism