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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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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
Simply put, this might be the most beautiful hymn in the English language. It’s still commonly sung by our friends across the Atlantic. Too bad they had the misfortune of ranking it their second most favorite hymn behind How Great […]
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Weekend Edification: What Christianity Teaches about the Body
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The Platonic Background to 'Epistemic Closure'
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A Perennial Theme: Christianity Must Change or Die
Matthew Lee Anderson
(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 […]
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The Lighthearted Seriousness of Confession
Matthew Lee Anderson
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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A Letter to a Former Student, on the Occasion of a Difficult Day
Matthew Lee Anderson
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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Playing the Theological Syncretism Card
