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Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
There are few books that I wish every evangelical under the age of forty would read: Jon Shields’ The Democratic Virtues of the Christian Right is one of them. Shields’
Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism
Friend-of-Mere-O Christopher Benson has alerted me to an important discussion taking place over at Books & Culture. With the release of Four Views on the Spectrum of
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
I've stayed abreast of stories on the "young evangelicals," but haven't written about us recently because there's not much new to say.
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On November 29th, TMZ reported that “Survivor” producer Mark Burnett will be teaming with Joel Osteen, pastor of America’s largest church, for a primetime network show in 2012. Burnett told TMZ, “The premise of the show is that ordinary people will […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
The constant temptation when gathering to talk about a subdiscipline is that we will lose sight of the first things. That temptation is exacerbated when that subdiscipline is a pragmatically oriented one, an area of the world in which we […]
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Karl Giberson and Randall Stephens have penned an excoriating editorial in the New York Times on Red-State evangelical fundamentalism. This is no surprise as Giberson, in particular, and Stephens, authors of The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age, have reigned […]
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Pick up any popular-level article on college-age church attendance or attend any church growth webinar, and you’ll almost assuredly find some hip, church growth expert bemoaning the
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
I'm pretty sure Meghan O'Gieblyn had the exact same cultural upbringing as I did: By the time I was finishing up eighth grade, I had ditched
Kevin WhiteEvangelicalism
D.G. Hart has given some feedback and pushback to Matt’s and my posts on Voluntarity and the Young Reformed. Dr. Hart is not one to back away from the rough and tumble of electronic controversy, so I am glad to […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Last fall, I penned a set of essays for Boundless on the perils of being a Christian inside a Christian university. The anxiety that the young'uns are going
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Tim Challies: Does a woman need to remain beautiful to her husband? Yes, she does! But this does not mean that she needs to remain beautiful in the way society
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
Michael Brendan Dougherty, who offered one of the better formulated essays in this volume, has the latest analysis of evangelicals' relationship with conservatism. It's popular to talk