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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.
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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 AndersonPoliticsCulture War
Social conservatives tend to be hostile toward elites. That needs to end if the movement is going to thrive.
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Social conservatism's future is uncertain. This is the first of four theses on how it should relate to culture.
Matthew Lee Anderson
This week, Derek, Alastair and Andrew consider Helen Andrews’s essay on our meritocracy. Andrews is one of the liveliest and most compelling young writers of our day, and her essay is a fascinating analysis of how our aristocracy has shifted. You can […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCurrent Politics
We are now in the 12th hour of the conservatism’s life in this election cycle, which means it is as good a time as any to revisit the question of how I plan to proceed through American political life over […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
We managed to obtain a few documents from the Trump campaign instructing evangelicals in how to pray about their meeting with the GOP presidential nominee.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
This is a republication of Matthew Lee Anderson's viral 2009 essay for The City, "The New Evangelical Scandal."
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
The ascent of Donald Trump makes one thing clear: The GOP has lost all moral credibility with evangelical voters.
Matthew Lee AndersonCulture WarCurrent Politics
We shouldn't have to make the case, but this is why evangelicals shouldn't even dream of supporting Donald Trump for president.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
If you need proof of the bankruptcy of the politics of the establishment religious right, look no further than the ascent of Ted Cruz.
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
Let me get this out of the way, so no one else has to say it: “Farewell, Matthew Lee Anderson.” Effective immediately, I am stepping down as Lead Writer of Mere Orthodoxy and handing full control of the site over […]
Matthew Lee AndersonSociety
Progressive Christians have challenged the 'evangelical persecution complex', and distorted religious liberty cases to make their point.
Matthew Lee Anderson
Anthony Kennedy redefined marriage in Obergefell. Matthew Lee Anderson offers his thoughts on the way forward for social conservatives.
