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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
In her book The Future and Its Enemies, Virginia Postrel describes the odd phenomenon where the far political right and the far political left end up sounding very much the same. That phenomenon has never been more clear than in […]
Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice
Michael Bird, the prolific NT scholar and one of two bloggers at Euangelion, points out that the disagreement about the so called "New Perspective on Paul" can be
Matthew Lee AndersonBooks
Here’s a litmus test: do you think there is anything intrinsic to being 16-years-old that incapacitates one from making important decisions about, say, marriage? If not, then
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Apparently, Mike Huckabee has challenged Fred Thompson to a debate. This is a fairly savvy play by Huckabee, as the suggestion seems to be playing pretty well among conservatives that have heard (I would watch!). We know that Huck can […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Occasionally, I have to stop and remind myself that not everyone who reads this blog understands the web as well as I do. I was humorously reminded of this when
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Peter Leithart offers a typically instructive and provocative article at First Things today. If I understand it correctly, he claims that we need to understand the ways in which what
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
According to Techcrunch, Google has decided to charge users to access the full text of some of the books they have indexed, which will doubtlessly add one more layer of
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
This morning's reading has primarily been about the debate last night. Here's a sampling: Hot Air has some of the pertinent videos. Hugh has the quotes
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The VodkaPundit is liveblogging the Republican debate so I don't have to. Early impressions: Forget Fred making a bad decision. He gets the benefit of the debate without
Matthew Lee AndersonCulture
Is classical music dying? While it may depend upon what we mean by “classical”,there has been concern among the cultural elite that the symphony no longer holds its position of cultural importance. Case in point: while the LA Philharmonic opened […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Due to a trip to Kansas City and a defunct laptop, I won't be blogging this Labor Day weekend. Go out and enjoy the sun, and if you
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Lot's of people like to lament the fact that American education is, well, less spectacular than we all might like it to be. There's a silver
