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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 AndersonJustice
My friend Bradley Hofbauer runs marathons. Now, runners are a bit of a strange breed to begin with, but marathoners take the crazy to new levels. I say that lovingly,
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Chris Krycho knows how to ask hard questions, and he simply does not pull punches in his interview at his blog Pillar on the Rock. First, start with Chris'
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
Trevin thinks that when it comes down to it, the curiosity of the blogger makes the blog: The best blogs are a combination of the two. The blogger has a curious nature, and this curiosity manifests itself naturally in his […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excuse. Never excuse; for when the players are all dead, there needs none to be blamed. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
In Christianity Today: In September 2010, Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ignited a blogging and media firestorm by arguing that yoga and Christianity are incompatible. “The embrace of yoga,” he wrote, “is a symptom of our postmodern […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Turns out, evangelicals really aren’t disliked as much as we tell ourselves after all: In the 2010 book American Grace, political scientists Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell presented the Faith Matters weather report, which was generally sunny and mild. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Now that we're seven years old here at Mere-O, I figured it was time to do some experimenting with accepting advertisements. It wasn't an easy
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
Here are the top 10 posts from the past two months at Mere-O: 1. I unpacked the music of Terence Malick's beautiful Tree of Life and how
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
My friends Eric Teetsel and Timothy Dalrymple have assembled a crew of thoughtful folks to respond to the Circle of Protection, a coalition of Christians who have been putting pressure
Matthew Lee AndersonLiberal Arts
My friend Trevin Wax says wise things in response to Francis Chan's book on hell: What is needed is a response that takes into consideration the beauty of
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Ted Peters, as quoted by Peter Leithart: “The growing myth of genetic determinism blows first in one direction: if we are programmed totally by our DNA, then what we think is human freedom is in fact a delusion. Then the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/HollywoodCulture
I'm still thinking through the finale to television's best show and determining what to do next with it. After four years together, I'm not
