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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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A Word of Caution on the Same-Sex Marriage Debates

We should pay attention to the means by which the same-sex marriage debates go forward, not just their ends.

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Friendship and Publicly Disagreeing with the FRC: Updated--FRC Responds to Critics

The Family Research Council gave an award to Ron Baity. We argue that friendship doesn't mean agreement and that they should take it back.

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Dwight Moody, Heaven, and the Resurrection of the Body

N.T. Wright's works have had many good effects. Inspiring eager readers to police people's use of heaven is not one of them.

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Homosexuality, Sojourners, and Me

The dialogue between conservative evangelicals and the LGBT community is shifting toward the civility of friendship and open communication.

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What the Social Sciences Can (and Can't) Tell us about Gay Unions

Mark Regnerus recently published a new study comparing children raised within traditional marriages with those who were not.  The study has generated a bit of discussion as people have attempted

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Wordsmithy: A Book on Writing that Deserves a Conference

Since reading Doug Wilson's Wordsmithy in January, I've recommended it to at least five different aspiring writers as one of the most helpful guides to the

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What's Conservative about "Non-Culture War Conservatism"?

That's the question my friend Greg Forster put to me after I listed four "moves" that I think conservative folks should make to avoid getting caught

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The Christian Right's Democratic Virtues: An Interview with Jon Shields

  Earlier this year I raved about an important book that has been (unfortunately) overlooked by most commentators on evangelical political engagement.  I invited Professor Shields to answer a few questions based on the work and he graciously accepted. 1) […]

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Should the church continue to object to gay marriage?

That was the question that Leadership Journal asked me to write about, so write about it I did. At its core, the question of gay marriage is not simply one of tax benefits or social prestige: it is a question […]

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Four Moves for a Non-Culture War Conservatism

I’ve been going on about “non-culture war” conservatism over the past two weeks, attempting to delineate its characteristic shape over and against some of its rivals. It’s possible that the position is substantively no different than that held by the […]

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On Memorial Day, We Remember the Dead

Memorial Day Commemoration 2008 (Photo credit: davidyuweb) On Memorial Day, we remember the dead. It is an uncomfortable holiday.  There are few moments in our culture that prompt thoughtful, considered

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A Faith of our Own: A Review of Jonathan Merritt's New Book

Jonathan Merritt is a friend, someone who I think very highly of and who has been enormously kind to me.  We don't always agree, as I outline in