More than Hearts and Minds: A Critique of Political Anti-nomianism

March 19th, 2012 | 2 min read

What's our doctrine of creation to do with culture, and culture to do with legislation? That's the puzzle I tried to work out over at The Gospel Coalition earlier this week:

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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More than Hearts and Minds: A Critique of Political Anti-nomianism

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