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Andrew SelbyMeaning and HermeneuticsLiteratureEpistemology

Literary Criticism and Epistemology

Literary Criticism and Epistemology

Andrew SelbyPolitics

Iraq Voting - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

You know that the voting in Iraq on Sunday was a success because even NPR was lauding it. Yesterday afternoon on the left-leaning news show “All Things Considered” two interviewees both were excited that the voting was positive. One was […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business

Gates and China

Gates and China

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsInternational Politics

Success

Success

Keith E. Buhler

The problem with "Problem" - Part III - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

… There is one defense of the modern usage of the word that my housemate and award-winning debater put forth. “OK,” he said, “But ‘problem’ has a certain amount of intimidation value. If I can toss ‘the Problem of Evil’ […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Back to Biola

Back to Biola

Keith E. Buhler

The problem with "Problem" - Part II - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What is common to all of the cases mentioned below? Here is what I notice: They are all questions. (with the exception of the second “problem of evil” which was stated as a thesis) So in response to the question […]

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

The problem with "Problem" - Part I

The problem with "Problem" - Part I

Keith E. BuhlerFormation

Transposition and introspection

Transposition and introspection

Andrew Selby

Plato's Euthyphro versus Aristophanes' The Clouds - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It’s nice to be blogging again! Greek and Roman philosophy are on my mind… Plato’s Euthyphro recounts the conversation Socrates had with Euthyphro, a religious leader, just before his trial. It comes out that this man is also awaiting a […]

Keith E. BuhlerEducation

Why Education Sucks - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“How were classes today?” “Fascinating.” I would bet large portions of my monthly income that the above conversation has not taken place between a high schooler and his parent in America for decades. Now I know why. I am writing […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Quotable Karl - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Barth, not Popper. There is no doctrine more dangerous than the Christian doctrine of the atonement, it does indeed make “wild and careless folk” (Heid. Cat., qu. 64), if we do not consider it with this warning in view. The […]