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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
I am occasionally asked by folks how to help young evangelicals understand and sympathize with conservative political ideology. Here’s a hint: Don’t steal religious language to make the case for American exceptionalism, as Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru unfortunately do. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
One of the joys of researching for my book on the body so far has been my encounter with Hans Jonas’ The Phenomenon of Life. As the careful observer can tell from the title, Jonas offers a phenomenology–that is, examines […]
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
Christopher Benson and Matthew Milliner have been doing the Lord's work over at Evangel in agitating for the recovery of a non-pragmatic understanding of church architecture. Of
Matthew Lee Anderson
There are only four known audio recordings of the great G.K. Chesterton, and only one video (at least that I have found). Thankfully, some of both are on the internet.
Matthew Lee Anderson
“Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.” So says the Duke of Albany to the treacherous daughter of King Lear, Goneril. The line has a depth that allows it to stand on its own: it jumps off the page and hits […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
There are, of course, two relevant considerations in giving a lecture: the ideas and the form. Each has its own difficulties, and while they are inextricably linked, the form seems to pose the greatest challenge to me. I may be […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
A few weeks ago, we announced that we were going to read Descartes with a small group of Mere-O readers. And we still are. But we’re going to do it a week later than we originally announced: March 6th and […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy
One of the interesting features of the 20th century is the union of metaphysical naturalism and what we tend to term 'post-modernism.' Advocates of the latter tend
Matthew Lee AndersonLiberal ArtsHistory/Church History
"Use dragons to keep wolves under control, and you eventually have to reward them. And then, they do what they want." That's the inherent danger of
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Relativism? That's all about sex. Pretty sure I don't agree with everything here, but then, he is Peter Kreeft and he is very smart.
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
David Schaengold's excellent observations about the modern skyscraper continue to draw well-deserved attention. Rod Dreher is the latest to chime in, touting the cathedral as the superior
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I have been buried in Plutarch, Jean Paul Sarte, feminist theory, and Corinthians all day today, which means I'm pretty much wiped out. I was planning on writing
