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Andrew T. Walker is an Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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As we look toward life after COVID-19, we must do so with a more capacious understanding of public health that encompasses all of a society's life together.
Andrew WalkerPolitics
For too long, conservatism has measured the health of the family strictly along economic lines and hardly ever along associational lines.
Andrew WalkerPolitics
Young republicans make peace with same-sex marriage and abortion issues for pragmatic reasons. Should Christians leave the party?
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Marriage exists because the sexual union between two persons can (and often does) produce children.
Andrew WalkerPolitical Theology
There is no more of a popular and easy target for young evangelicals to skewer than a church wedded to political conservatism. Simply recounting the charts, the statistics, and the
Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism
Friend-of-Mere-O Christopher Benson has alerted me to an important discussion taking place over at Books & Culture. With the release of Four Views on the Spectrum of
Andrew WalkerPolitics
This post is coauthored by Andrew Walker and Eric TeetselIn recent days, Mere Orthodoxy has played host to several essays on Newt Gingrich. Matthew Lee Anderson—a friend and co-
Andrew WalkerPolitics
By far, the most important (and provocative) book I’ve read this year belongs to perennial controversialist, D.G. Hart. His From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism is proving to be quite the conversation starter in […]
Andrew WalkerDemographicsEvangelicalism
Karl Giberson and Randall Stephens have penned an excoriating editorial in the New York Times on Red-State evangelical fundamentalism. This is no surprise as Giberson, in particular, and Stephens, authors of The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, have reigned […]
Andrew WalkerPolitics
There is a “hubbub” afoot on whether clergy should perform weddings on behalf of the state. The “hubbub” is fomented mostly by Tony Jones, who refuses to perform weddings on behalf of the state or have his own marriage recognized by […]
Andrew WalkerChurchSocial TrendsEvangelicalismTheology and PracticeEmerging Adulthood/AdolescenceSocietyFormation
Pick up any popular-level article on college-age church attendance or attend any church growth webinar, and you’ll almost assuredly find some hip, church growth expert bemoaning the
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Over at his blog, Mere-O friend Christopher Benson has an excellent listing of new or forthcoming books from various publishing houses. Benson's list covers a wide range
