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Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Elitism, Tea Parties, and the Evangelical Left

My friend Mark Tooley treats the evangelical left’s response to the Tea Party as a sign their influence is fading: The current economy and political climate, of which the Tea Party is a symptom, may have neutralized whatever gains Wallis’s […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Why Evangelical Christians Cannot Win: Beck, Patrol, and Civil Religion

When Andrée Seu wrote that Glenn Beck is a "new creation in Christ," despite the fact that he is a "Mormon and all that," conservative evangelicals

Andrew WalkerEvangelicalism

Matt Anderson on "Focusing on the Family"

Matthew Lee Anderson, lead writer at Mere-O, is without internet access for the moment and asked me, apologetically, to put up a link to his newest article at Christianity

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Pierced for Our Postmodernism?

I have plans to return to the issue of homosexuality sometime soon to affirm Ross’s excellent clarification, address Jan’s excellent query, and to try to respond to a few comments. But the past few days, my thoughts have been consumed […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

The Deep Things of God: An Evangelicalism I Can Live In

"Because the gospel is Trinitarian, evangelicals as gospel people are by definition Trinity people, whether or not they think so. It only makes sense that if the gospel is

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Catholic Evangelicals and the Future of the Movement

I've got some thoughts up at Patheos on the future of evangelicalism. There's nothing terribly revolutionary in there to longtime readers of Mere-O, though (if

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Baptized Consumerism - An Argument for Christendom

Cross posted at Notes from a Small Place. It started with a quote posted on Peter Leithart's blog. If memory serves, it came from the pen of Collin

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismHistory/Church History

The Sustainability of a Purely Evangelical Identity

Yesterday I got coffee with a friend and our conversation eventually turned to the topic of modern American evangelical identity. My friend voiced frustrations with the arbitrary nature of evangelicalism&

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

(How) Are Evangelicals Gnostic?

Hang around evangelicalism long enough and you’re bound to hear the “gnostic” critique. It was given the most legitimacy by N.T. Wright in Surprised by Hope, who reminded the world that our bodies are raised up in the last day. […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

How Politically Engaged are Evangelicals?

If you trust the media, it’s all we do.  And if you trust many of the younger evangelical set, they’ll immediately concur. But when you compare evangelicals to other branches of Christianity, the reality is surprising.  Evangelicals, it turns out, […]

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Jesus is a Warrior, but not a Cagefighter

Son of God. Prince of Peace. Son of Man. Cagefighter? While the first three masculine titles given to our Lord Jesus are biblical and sufficient enough to express the wonder of Jesus, the last title seems to be ever-more increasingly […]

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The Subtle Promotion of Death

To mark the occasion—for some a highly anticipated (and caloric) event, and for some, more forgettable—why not bring Christian reflection to the Super Bowl? The Internet, blogosphere, and