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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 AndersonEvangelicalism
One of the most widely praised books of 2007 was D. Michael Lindsay’s Faith in the Halls of Power, a sociological examination of evangelicals in America. If you don’t have time to read the full book, I commend to you […]
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The difference between them is crucial, yet few conservatives seem to understand the difference. And therein lies the problem, argues James Polous: I am no great defender of Rick Santorum,
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedTechnology
In an age saturated by information, our most precious asset is our ability to give--and take away--attention. For most young people, their attention is very rarely concentrated in
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I haven't written anything on the recent decision by the California Supreme Court to overturn the ban on homosexual marriage in large part because I haven't
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This is the day whereupon we remember those who have given their lives in service for our country and offer our thanks to those who are currently serving. I remember
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Lee Strobel is going to be at Biola University this Tuesday giving away copies of his new DVD, “The Case for Christ.” Those who are in the area shouldn’t miss the opportunity to hear JP Moreland, Mike Erre, Strobel and […]
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
While offering his own take on the differences between the respective literary imaginations of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Martin Cothran offered this substantial and skillful critique
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Humor me for a minute and allow me to make a significant number of generalizations and assumptions, most of which stem from my experience. Theological liberals often tend to be political liberals as well. In this, they often want the […]
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P.J. O’Rourke is a serious thinker. But this is too good to pass up: All politics stink. Even democracy stinks. Imagine if our clothes were selected by the majority of shoppers, which would be teenage girls. I’d be standing here […]
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Via Rod Dreher comes this piece by Fr. Dwight Longenecker, who writes: Tolkien disliked allegory so intensely because he felt it was too didactic. It leaves no possibility that any
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Stephen Pinker's diatribe (an appropriate word, I think) has prompted a fair number of responses from some pretty intelligent folks around the blogosphere. The assumption implicit in my
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Alfred North Whitehead once said, "Everything of importance has been said before by someone who did not discover it.” How do I know? I know Whitehead said this because
