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An Emergence of the Gaps Theory? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

(Apologies to the reader for a bit more abstract fare this evening.) Meet Plotinus.   He’s a neo-Platonic philosopher from the 3rd century A.D., and is more well known for his famous pupil–St. Augustine–than his own work. Plotinus’ central contribution […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Aesthetics of Sports - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In reflecting on the relationship between story and the rules of the game, Brian Phillips writes: What that means is that, if we care about the sport as a story, we have to hope that the people in charge of […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The Lighthearted Seriousness of Confession

The Lighthearted Seriousness of Confession

Matthew Lee Anderson

Reading the Hymns: Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There is no better example of the  interesting and surprising collisions that mark the development of our church hymnody than this week’s hymn. While a communion hymn from the Eastern Orthodox tradition, it found its way into both the Episcopalian […]

Jeremy Mann

Advice to Young Couples - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

So, obviously no man is an island—he needs a woman. Together they make a big island, which is why everyone honeymoons in Hawaii… My wife and I are in our mid-twenties, which means every spring our mailbox is full of […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

A Weekend of Edification - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It’s been a busy week, and there’s been lots of content I haven’t had a chance to comment on.  So here’s some of the best content I’ve read or listened to, for  your edification. Jonah Goldberg on breaking into to […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

A Letter to a Former Student, on the Occasion of a Difficult Day

A Letter to a Former Student, on the Occasion of a Difficult Day

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Indivisible Harmony - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’ve been reading a (sort-of) autobiography of the Guarneri String Quartet.  Sort-of because, as author Arnold Steinhardt points out, one can’t really write an autobiography of a four-man entity.  He shares the hilarious and awkward moments in the history of […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Were the Church Fathers Pacficists? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

If you ask noted pacifist John Howard Yoder, the answer is unequivocally “yes.”  Writes Yoder: The answer of the pre-Constantinian church was negative; the Christian as an agent of God for reconciliation has other things to do than to be […]

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Playing the Theological Syncretism Card

Playing the Theological Syncretism Card

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Where Should the Evangelical Theological Renewal Begin? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Or with which doctrine, anyway. That was the question that the folks at Patheos asked a number of evangelical pastors and theologians.  The responses are worth reading in full, but Mark Roberts‘ is (not surprisingly) especially good: Let me explain […]