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Matthew Lee Anderson

A Man among us... - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Not “That” Man. This man. 6 innings on a pieced together ankle in what was possibly his last World Series start (this year). Gutsy. Just plain gutsy. It’s amazing to see a pitcher who won’t let his team lose, as […]

Matthew Lee AndersonAnthropology

The Body and Christianity: A Reply to A Reader

The Body and Christianity: A Reply to A Reader

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

C.S. Lewis on Property Dualism

C.S. Lewis on Property Dualism

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Devestating Video about John Kerry

Devestating Video about John Kerry

Shea RamquistPolitics

Who was M. Regulus? (And why don't we care?) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In prep for my classes next semester, I picked up The City of God today and started what will have to a be a very fast read. It’s been a while since I was in Augustine so I was a […]

Andrew SelbyPolitics

Plato's "Republic" in Aristotle's "Politics" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In the third book of Aristotle’s Politics, he sets forth his ideal government. In order to find the best one, he informs the reader that he will exposit and reject several theories by other prominent philosophers. He begins, naturally, with […]

Matthew Lee AndersonDevotional

Gaudeamus Igitur....... - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Along with 500 other Biola students, I am a recent college graduate. Having been told that I am part of Christianity’s “best hope” for the future all weekend long, I have been convinced of one thing: the ability to impact […]

DonPolitics

Free from politics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Jim (Matt’s brother) writes: But then you’ve got films like On the Waterfront, which is political, entertaining, and artistic at the same time. (It also has one of the most sympathetic, perhaps most realistic Hollywood portrayals of a man of […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Hitler as Aesthetic - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Check out the interesting book review brought to us by Books and Culture. The book reviewed is a Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics in which Frederic Spotts argues that the “will to power” and aesthetic sensibility of Hitler are […]

DonCulture

Quentin Tarantino - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I just went on a Quentin Tarantino kick, catching up on his most recent films: Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), and Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004). Before I saw these three films I was convinced that I […]

Keith E. BuhlerArtPhilosophy

Subordinate Complexity

Subordinate Complexity

AnodosEpistemology

Philosophical Writing as an Artform - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I recommend Ralph McInerny’s very short Rhyme and Reason: St. Thomas and Modes of Discourse. It’s the Marquette University Aquinas Lecture for 1981. I’m thinking about it today in relation to literary criticism (a field in which I am less […]