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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.
Matthew Lee AndersonChurchEvangelicalismTheology and Practice
In the first essay, I attempted to summarize John Webster's essay where he locates evangelical ecclesiology under the perfection of God. His moves, of course, raise questions about
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
It was an honor and a privilege to listen to former House Majority leader Tom DeLay opine on all things political. Delay was candid in his assessment of the sucesses and failures of the Republican party the last few years, […]
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
I wrote the following article for a Christmas newsletter for homeschool students participating in Torrey Academy, the program I teach in. Though it was written with the yuletide season in
Matthew Lee AndersonChurchEvangelicalismTheology and Practice
As discussions about the nature of evangelicalism have been prevalent around Mere Orthodoxy in the last few years (see here, here, and here), I turned to The Community of the
Matthew Lee AndersonChurchEvangelicalismFormation
We blogged about it a lot at Mere O when it happened. Offered some pretty strong opinions, too, especially about the response by the people at New Life. Ted Olsen
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPhilosophy
From the Christian Science Monitor comes this report that "subjective well being" is quickly becoming the measuring rod for British policy. Of course, that's just a
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
My brother has been kicking around existentialism in relation to Children of Men. He writes, "Watching the film, I came to realize that most people evade the true force
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsEducationSociology
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do yourself and your countrymen a favor by watching the video of what many consider the second greatest speech in American history.
Matthew Lee AndersonSociologyEvangelicalism
Christian Smith, who has made a living correcting mistaken notions about the lives of evangelicals, recently reprimanded evangelicals for their inappropriate use of statistics. Drawing from the extreme and bogus
Matthew Lee Andersonembodiment
Last night, Joe Carter argued that we have obligations now to people we will meet in the future, such as our spouses. I pointed out (in the comments) that this would entail that we have obligations now to people in the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPoetry
I think this poem goes along well with Dorothy Sayers' "Why Work?" and is a clear statement of the Christian understanding of work. The author is Henry
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
During my recent journey into the archives of Mere Orthodoxy I was confronted by the reality of the many conversations in the last year that I let die due to neglect. There were a lot. I was a terrible blogger […]
