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Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
My students have recently been reading Charles Williams' Descent into Hell. Though I had read Williams' Figure of Beatrice (which is, incidentally, an excellent commentary on Dante'
TexDevotionalTheology and Practice
I like New Year's celebrations. Despite some opinions to the contrary, I really am not so cynical as to not get some enjoyment out of the holiday. In
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After meeting with Matt in Seattle and being mildly reprimanded for not having contributed anything to Mere Orthodoxy but only revelling in the enjoyment of reading the opinions of others, I have decided to try my hand at blogging. (It […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
My brother points out that today we celebrate the “Christian appropriation of paganism.” He labels it syncretism, but that’s a tad misleading. Christianity did not just adapt the pagan practices, but baptized them. The celebrations we now understand as Christmas […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Emmanuel. God with Us. Prince of Peace. Counselor. Mighty God. The King of Kings. The Christ. Merry Christmas.
Keith E. BuhlerTelevision
Eddie Izzard is a gifted, but he’s burying his talent. How can I claim this, and why should I be bothering about the speck in his life before the log in mine? As to the first, I shall attempt to […]
Keith E. BuhlerTechnology
I am someone who grew up inculcated with the belief that mankind, as a whole, is always progressing forward. I was never preached Darwinian evolution but I somehow came out
Matthew Lee Anderson
He’ll be wearing a different shade this season. The Mariners just spent a lot of money–more money on one player than ever before in club history. Cure-all? Who knows. And now for something completely different: Wish Beethoven a happy birthday […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and Practice
If you are visiting from Hewitt's site, then you have by now read the Newsweek piece on the veracity of the Incarnation. I won't bother repeating
Matthew Lee AndersonGenderTheology and Practice
Leithart has posted some interesting thoughts on feminist theology. My classes have been reading through That Hideous Strength, of which a substantial element of the plot is the relationship between
Matthew Lee AndersonSports
The excommunication of Tyrone Willingham from the "Football Papacy" came as a surprise to many in the sports world. Notre Dame's decision further tarnished a rapidly
Matthew Lee Anderson
The net is already abuzz with the news of Antony Flew's switch. I first read about it from Jonathansink. Also, the interview in Philosophia Christi is fascinating. Habermas