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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 […]

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

Quotable: Michael Bird Edition

Quotable: Michael Bird Edition

Matthew Lee AndersonBook Reviews

The Controversial Case Against Adolescence

The Controversial Case Against Adolescence

TexUncategorized

Jihad and Justice: The Islamic Conception

Jihad and Justice: The Islamic Conception

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Huckabee Versus Thompson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Apparently, Mike Huckabee has challenged Fred Thompson to a debate. This is a fairly savvy play by Huckabee, as the suggestion seems to be playing pretty well among conservatives that have heard (I would watch!).  We know that Huck can […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Five for the RSS Reader

Five for the RSS Reader

Tex

Jihad and Justice: Christian Just War Theory, Part 2 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Earlier this week I introduced two major contributors to Christian just war theory—Augustine and Aquinas. Both of these men agree that a war can be just only when: it is prosecuted by a legitimate authority, is embarked upon for the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Re-Paganize the West!

Re-Paganize the West!