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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 AndersonEvangelicalism
Conor Friedersdorf chimes in on Sessions' post: What I like about the attitude that Sessions suggests – persuading parents rather than condescending to them – is that respectful efforts at persuasion
Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice
David Sessions, on my review of The Next Christians: I’m not going to endorse Lyons’ theology without having read his books, but I balk at this tendency to over-
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Trevin Wax’s readings of N.T. Wright is how I first came across his work, and his recent post comparing the early Wright and the later Wright on heaven serves as an excellent example of why he’s one of the brightest lights […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Timothy Beal surveys a number of different treatments of evangelicalism and finds that the closer you look, the more complex it gets: Yet as soon as evangelicalism becomes a subject,
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
This thing is for real, people. FOR REAL. Thanks for all your kind support. It is finally coming together.
Matthew Lee AndersonHistory/Church History
Along with Fred Sanders' Deep Things of God, the prolific Peter Leithart's Defending Constantine is in the running for the most important book of 2010. There are
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
I made my Gospel Coalition debut this morning with my review of Gabe Lyons’ enormously popular The Next Christians. Attentive readers will note that I strike a similar note to previous writings. But one thing didn’t come through in my […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Ross Douthat hits a home run: But as religious conservatives have climbed the educational ladder, American churches seem to be having trouble reaching the people left behind. This is bad news for both Christianity and the country. The reinforcing bonds […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
A gracious donor has given a $40,000 matching grant to my friends over at Wheatstone Academy. Every dollar that comes into December magically turns into two, up to $40,
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
The below video has been making the rounds. Substantively, it can't seem to figure out who it's satirizing. I get the sense that Wendell Berry readers
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Forthcoming from the journal Political Psychology: The wording of political messages is known to affect voting behavior, including judgments about whether or not candidates will be elected. Yet the question
Matthew Lee AndersonSocial Justice
My friend Ryan Messmore has a helpful outline of what social justice meant to the fellow who coined the term. The money quote: Taparelli believed that people have the right
