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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.
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One of the most interesting side-projects I've been working on during my research has been trying to find evangelicals who address the body specifically. That it has
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I haven't stayed up on the latest hand-wringing over contemporary conservatism's woes as well as I would have liked, but Rufus' examination of it
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"Adapt or perish" is the word at the Huffington Post today. It's a line of thought that Christians are well acquainted with, as some variation of
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(Apologies to the reader for a bit more abstract fare this evening.) Meet Plotinus. He’s a neo-Platonic philosopher from the 3rd century A.D., and is more well known for his famous pupil–St. Augustine–than his own work. Plotinus’ central contribution […]
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In reflecting on the relationship between story and the rules of the game, Brian Phillips writes: What that means is that, if we care about the sport as a story, we have to hope that the people in charge of […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
My views on confession as a practice of the Christian life have been shaped--and justifiably so--by Augustine's masterful and penetrating performance of them. For Augustine, confession
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There is no better example of the interesting and surprising collisions that mark the development of our church hymnody than this week’s hymn. While a communion hymn from the Eastern Orthodox tradition, it found its way into both the Episcopalian […]
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It’s been a busy week, and there’s been lots of content I haven’t had a chance to comment on. So here’s some of the best content I’ve read or listened to, for your edification. Jonah Goldberg on breaking into to […]
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Newer readers to Mere-O may not know that for two years I worked as an educator, and was blessed to have an incredible set of students. This is a
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If you ask noted pacifist John Howard Yoder, the answer is unequivocally “yes.” Writes Yoder: The answer of the pre-Constantinian church was negative; the Christian as an agent of God for reconciliation has other things to do than to be […]
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If you asked St. Augustine why he believed in an immortal soul, I suspect he'd look at you quizzically, raise an eyebrow, and utter a dismissive, "Because
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Or with which doctrine, anyway. That was the question that the folks at Patheos asked a number of evangelical pastors and theologians. The responses are worth reading in full, but Mark Roberts‘ is (not surprisingly) especially good: Let me explain […]
