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Matthew Lee Anderson

One more on Protestant Aesthetics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The substance of Dyrness’ essay highlights the Protestant emphasis on the brokenness of the world, and on the crucifixion as the only remedy for that brokenness.  But Dyrness points out that the emphasis on Jesus’ crucifixion isn’t on the event […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Art is Eschatology - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Whether a Protestant aesthetics is possible remains, unfortunately, a question which Protestants must answer. In “Dante, Bunyan, and a Case for Protestant Aesthetics,” William Dyrness  argues that not only do Protestants have an aesthetics, but have one that is shaped […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Brief Update Regarding Technical Problems

A Brief Update Regarding Technical Problems

TexPoliticsPhilosophy

Old and Relevant: Leviathan

Old and Relevant: Leviathan

Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says

Thomas Says: A Recap on Killing

Thomas Says: A Recap on Killing

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Agrarianism: The Inevitable End of Technocracy? (Updated/Bumped)

Agrarianism: The Inevitable End of Technocracy? (Updated/Bumped)

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Stephen Colbert and Bart Ehrman

Stephen Colbert and Bart Ehrman

Matthew Lee Anderson

Conservatism and American Exceptionalism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I am occasionally asked by folks how to help young evangelicals understand and sympathize with conservative political ideology. Here’s a hint: Don’t steal religious language to make the case for American exceptionalism, as Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru unfortunately do. […]

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

On Lent and Hard Times: For Those Who Walk Among Noise

On Lent and Hard Times: For Those Who Walk Among Noise

Gary HartenburgPhilosophyTheology and PracticeThomas Says

Thomas Says: What Happens if, Whoops, I Killed You?

Thomas Says: What Happens if, Whoops, I Killed You?

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Hearing the Word: Why We should Value Our Ears - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the joys of researching for my book on the body so far has been my encounter with Hans Jonas’ The Phenomenon of Life. As the careful observer can tell from the title, Jonas offers a phenomenology–that is, examines […]

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

A Word about Church Architecture

A Word about Church Architecture