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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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It's been a long, fascinating evening of Being, Becoming and 30 amazing people. The Republic meta-thon turned in to a Timaeus/Republic metathon. You can read the
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
"I love Gnostic Chess. I just hate the pieces." Keith, this deserves a post of it's own.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalismFormation
My brother’s last move in our game of “Gnostic Chess” was a lengthy and well-reasoned attempt to undercut my original claim that the Evangelical Church (broadly construed) is influenced (implicitly) by Gnostic ideas. Jim attempts to ground the discussion historically […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
ABC still refuses to call it. According to the official numbers, Bush has a lead in Ohio of 134,019. The official "provisional ballot" count is only at
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Elected as Justice to the Ohio Supreme Court: Yup. Paul Pfeifer.
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Dan Rather: "We'd rather be last than wrong." HAH! Rathergate, anyone?
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Ralph Nader: "Democrats are going backwards in to the future." Eh?
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The Bush campaign (curiously) just released a video of President Bush in the White House saying (apparently), “I’m going to win and we’re going to know tonight.” The Kerry response? “Bush looks nervous.” He looked nervous? I’d love to see […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Peter Jennings interviewing John McCain: Mcain: “You know, the war was the big issue in this election and Bush was the best candidate for that reason, but I’m still good friends with John Kerry.” Jennings: “Well, there you have it: […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
William Stuntz over at TCS has an interesting article on the hottest Senate race in the country--Daschle vs. Thune. Over 50 million bucks have been spent on the race
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This makes three times in the last year a major news organization has infiltrated “the bubble.” My alma mater, Biola, was featured in this article in the La Times. The first was a radio story on the BBC (one that […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducationPhilosophy
As mentioned previously, I teach homeschoolers in a modified "great books" program. Right now we are reading C.S. Lewis's Abolition of Man. It is, in
