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Matthew Lee AndersonrevelationTheology and Practice

Identity and Religious Pluralism: A Reply to an Email

I recently received the following email from a friend. I thought I would post my reply here. Read it below the fold. Do you think that Muslims and Christians worship

Matthew Lee Anderson

JP II and Islam

George Wiegel takes on the notion that Benedict has taken a different stance toward Islam then Pope John Paul II. This quote by John Paul II, well, seems to prove the point: “Whoever knows the Old and New Testaments, and […]

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Reason #104 to Read Mere-O

Disastrous playoff predictions. I had: Twins, Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals. Reality: A's, Tigers, Mets and, well, Cardinals. Maybe I can continue my run of luck and pick everything

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Small Attempts at Ingenuity

This play by Arkansas against Auburn should have won them points just for creativity--not that they needed them.

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Losing the Youth: The Questionable Inevitable Apostasy of Evangelical Youth

This article in the NY Times is going to get a lot of play, I think, in the Christian blogosphere. The article highlights concerns among evangelical leaders about the spiritual

Matthew Lee AndersonrevelationTheology and Practice

A Brief Return to Transcendence

I've been mostly busy working on other projects this week, so I haven't done much blogging, but I wanted to point out this comment from Jim:

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Just a Reminder

Who would have thought it? Laughter, no surprise, is good for us. Buried within the paper: While laughter may not be a panacea, there's still much to be

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Harvard Educational Reform

Harvard is rethinking their core curriculum for undergraduates. From the article: On Wednesday, the university released a new plan for undergraduate education that would designate certain subjects as ones that

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Disposable Ipods and the Culture of Consumption

This interview with Giles Slade, author of the soon to be released Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescene in America, is a worthwhile read. Slade criticizes a consumer culture that values disposability rather than durability. His arguments are that disposable […]

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Playoff Predictions

I, like my brother, wouldn't bet on these picks. That said, I'll take on the experts and offer my own prognostications regardless. And unlike Jayson Stark,

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Punctuation's Parable

Academic elites of a Western stripe are nearly mad in their obsession with cultural relativism. It has become a mark of distinction, if not one of moral fiber, among these self-styled protectors of thought to outstrip even Derrida and Lyotard […]

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Proof of Human Depravity: Making a Left in Front of an Ambulance

Sitting at a decent sized intersection in suburban Los Angeles, I watch an ambulance try to get through to, presumably, take someone to the hospital in order to save his