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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 Anderson
Over the past few years, we have occasionally engaged in that practice which the church calls “apologetics” here at Mere Orthodoxy. We never did it, I think, out of some sort of anxiety about the reliability of our Christian faith […]
Matthew Lee AndersonAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice
My last plea for help on this book was so successful, and shaped so much of my thinking about the direction my book is going in, that I thought I&
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
The important question, as Abraham Piper points out, is what we're going to watch now that Lost has left our lives for good. I liked Lost. A lot.
Matthew Lee Anderson
The case for Shakespeare’s Catholicism may be a bit shaky, but Anthony Esolen recently made a compelling case that the Christian virtue of chastity is indispensable for understanding his plays. He writes: There is an abundance of evidence to show that Shakespeare […]
Matthew Lee AndersonMetaphysics (Ontology)
Gene Fant dug up this little gem from the latest Proceedings of the Modern Language Association by Timothy Morton: It’s not just that rabbits are rabbits in name only;
Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns
This week's selection is from one of evangelicalism's most prolific hymn writers, Fanny Crosby. Crosby, who was a Methodist, is best known for "Blessed Assurance,
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
I have written plenty about Oliver O'Donovan's political theology. Or not so much "written" as quoted. In many ways, I'm still in
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
The brilliant Jake Meador followed up the discussion below on the nature of work by attempting to bring together Sayers and Lewis: My proposed reconciliation of the two views can be stated thus: The world is sacramental (the lowercase s […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
As much as I want to affirm Sayers's understanding of work, I can't quite assent. Yes, there is something dignifying about work, and yes, it absolutely
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
In this episode, I talk with Jim Belcher of Deep Church fame, which was one of the most talked about books in 2009. In our conversation, we go over whether and how "Deep Church" fits in with Protesta
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I just received the new issue of The City in the mail. If you're not a subscriber, you should be, as it fits a good niche between First
Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns
One of the most significant facts of Christian theology is that the death and resurrection of the man Jesus Christ empowers not only the redemption of all mankind, but the
