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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’m giving a talk for Wheatstone Academy in a few weeks on the relationship between courage, theology, and the creation of culture. I am still putting together my thoughts on the talk and trying to identify the specific angle I […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The Front Porchers sounded an odd note today in Susan McWilliams’ argument that Barack Obama’s failures to govern indicate that he should talk more, not less, to the American people. I say ‘odd’ because by any objective standard, Obama talked […]
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
The Pope, I'm sure you've heard, wants Catholic Priests to use the internet. The announcement was ripe for mockery, but after reading it, it's
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
A friend recently emailed me some encouragement that started with a qualification I hear a lot: "I haven't read everything you've written, but..." That&
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Soma Review has a fascinating examination of former President Duane Liftin's tenure at Wheaton, which many people regard as the flagship of evangelicalism (a mantle, I sometimes provocatively
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
If I ever write a book, I will be content if it is half as thoughtful, profound, and meditative as Gilbert Meilander’s Neither Beast Nor God. I am tempted
Matthew Lee Anderson
A few excerpts from some of the things I’ve read recently and haven’t gotten around to writing about. Dear Conservative Movement: Stop Ruining my Life But perversely, you seem to thrive on this sort of failure. You’ve always accused liberals […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBooks
“There are,” a professor once remarked to me, “two types of people in the world: uniters and dividers.” Jim Belcher is a uniter par excellance. Deep Church is a thoughtful,
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
If you want to blame someone for problems in evangelicalism, Descartes is a good guy to look to. I've aired some of my own suspicions about his philosophical
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The politicos are abuzz this morning with the news of Scott Brown's election to the US Senate in Massachusetts. Of course, the meaning of Brown's election
Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
John Dyer's latest post on the differences in how we identify ourselves in online and offline situations is fascinating reading. Dyer points out that offline self-identification is
Matthew Lee AndersonChurch
I am grateful that Professor (or is it Agent?) Smith took a little time to address some of the concerns I raised regarding his excellent book. He would have been
