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Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Revisiting the Canon Wars: Questions for Mere-O Readers - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rachel Donaio has recently reviewed the state of the canon wars in light of the twentieth anniversary of Allan Bloom’s explosive Closing of the American Mind.  It is, it seems, a balanced piece that raises numerous interesting questions. I have […]

Matthew Lee AndersonScience

A Unified Knowledge: Science and Theology

A Unified Knowledge: Science and Theology

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

GodBlogCon: I'm "In."

GodBlogCon: I'm "In."

Tex

Jihad and Justice: Islamic Just War Theory, Part 1 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Due to the importance of unity among the believers in Islam, legitimate authorization of war is imperative. The Islamic conception of the ideal government has one ruler (the deputy, or khalifa) at its head. This was modeled most perfectly in […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Two Changes here at Mere-O

Two Changes here at Mere-O

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

The Frontiers of Christian Humour (Updated)

The Frontiers of Christian Humour (Updated)

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Under Review: 3:10 to Yuma

Under Review: 3:10 to Yuma

TexInternational Politics

Jihad and Justice: The Islamic Context

Jihad and Justice: The Islamic Context

Matthew Lee Anderson

Not Today, Nabokov - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There’s hope for aspiring authors.  Alfred Knopf, who founded and ran Knopf Publishing (now owned by RandomHouse), missed nearly as many gems as he published: In the summer of 1950, Alfred A. Knopf Inc. turned down the English-language rights to […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsSociety

Still Not Forgotten

Still Not Forgotten

Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging

The False Meritocracy of Blogging - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When I first started blogging, I would argue that it was as close to a meritocracy as I have ever seen. “The good stuff,” I argued, “almost always gets picked up and moved to the top of the heap. Good […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Far Right, Meet Far Left. - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In her book The Future and Its Enemies, Virginia Postrel describes the odd phenomenon where the far political right and the far political left end up sounding very much the same. That phenomenon has never been more clear than in […]