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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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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.

Matthew Lee AndersonEconomics and Business

Stability and "Creative Destruction" in the Home and Economy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What is the relationship between the creative destruction of the marketplace and the stability we have in the home? Do good home lives make better entrepreneurs?

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Intellectual Empathy and Overcoming Disagreement

Overcoming disagreement is hard but not impossible. Intellectual empathy is a virtue that helps us move from disagreement to understanding.

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The End of our Exploring: Announcing Matt's new book on Questioning - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Questioning fits well within the Christian life. But to see that, we have to move from simply questioning to learning how to question well.

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The Election Disaster? Social Conservatives and Hope

Was the 2012 an election disaster for evangelicals and social conservatives? What sort of approach should they take going forward? Can they speak hopefully?

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Persuasion and Political Disagreement: Behaving After the Election

How should Christians act when there is political disagreement? How should they pursue persuasion?

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The Meaning of the 2012 Election

What happened in the 2012 elections and what difference does it make for social conservatives?

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Controversy and Interpretation: A Review of *Biblical Womanhood* - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Rachel Held Evans' *Year of BIblical womanhood* has proved very controversial. What's at stake in her understanding of womanhood? Where should evangelicals turn?

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

How Liberal are Young Evangelicals: A Dialogue with Ben Domenech - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Young evangelicals are increasingly liberal. How liberal? And is the change for ideological or cultural reasons?

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The Existence of the Liberal Young Evangelical

Young evangelicals are becoming more liberal. They may not be Democrats, but the attitude shifts are evident.

Matthew Lee AndersonSexuality

What's at stake if Jesus had a wife?

Jesus didn't have a wife, but what is at stake if he did? We consider some of the theological and pastoral implications.

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Ross Douthat, Heretics, and Mere Orthodoxy

Ross Douthat's case for Christianity in Bad Religion is buried in the background, rather than right up front where it belongs.

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How to Reduce Abortions: An Idiosyncratic Suggestion - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When it comes to how to reduce abortions, evangelicals have tried nearly everything. I provide one surprising solution.