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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 AndersonPolitics
No announcement from Brownback that he is bowing out of the 2008 race, as is rumored will come soon. Tancredo is up and he's pretty animated. He'
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
First up for the Washington Briefing, FRC President Tony Perkins, who is doing his articulating the "values voters" platform. In this order, what matters is: * Building a culture
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Five: Freedom and Reality […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
We’re picking up again after the dinner break with a bang. Mitt Romney is up, and his masses are out to support him. He brought in a busload of supporters to envigorate the crowd during his talk. And it got […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
I decided to go to FRC’s Washington Briefing this year, for a few reasons: 1) I have no idea who to vote for in the primaries, and the opportunity to hear all the candidates speak at once seemed like a […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
This is Fred’s (no exclamation point anymore) big moment. His people have been canvassing the event handing out sheets outlining how his policies compare to Mitt and Rudy. He’s obviously concerned about the perception that he’s not authentic on the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
John McCain leads with the acknowledgment that people may not always agree with him, but that he is a principled individual who will state precisely what he believes in order to “earn our respect.” So, what values does McCain think […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Four: Knowledge in Christ […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Are we persons, or do we have personalities? The distinction seems trivial, but in fact cuts to the very core of our (theological) anthropology. In an excursus in Resurrection and Moral Order,, O’Donovan writes: In modern idealism the term ‘person’ […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Three: Eschatology and History […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
From our standpoint here at Mere-O, HotorNot offers little of value beyond an example of the objectifying nature of a fallen humanity. Their owner, however, has an interesting perspective on the future of the web, predicting that websites will cease […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** When Christians talk about the […]
