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The response to Andrew Sullivan's cover story on the crisis of Christianity has surprised me, if only because his appeal seems to go no deeper than rehashing the
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitical Theology
What's our doctrine of creation to do with culture, and culture to do with legislation? That's the puzzle I tried to work out over at The
Andrew WalkerPolitical Theology
There is no more of a popular and easy target for young evangelicals to skewer than a church wedded to political conservatism. Simply recounting the charts, the statistics, and the
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
The good folks over at Relevant Magazine invited me to chip in my thoughts on a series they've been doing on Christians and politics. You should read the
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I’m currently in Grand Rapids, Michigan attending the Acton Institute’s “Acton University”—an annual four-day conference focused, broadly, around two topics: Religion and Liberty. Acton is often
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
Peter Leithart: If Adam was posted as guard, then he was supposed to resist. Even in an unfallen world, Adam had to resist evil; my argument in Defending Constantine is
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
Once you're done amusing yourself on this lovely Friday afternoon, give Christopher Tollefsen's interesting argument against Terry Jones' (the infamous Koran burning pastor) a read.
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
Erik Kain: I view civil society as inherently cooperative rather than competitive. Whether you view government as a weed or not, privatizing traditionally public services by handing them over or
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
While rereading To Change the World, I came across this passage, where Hunter almost anticipates my remarks: Some argue that what we need is a redefinition of politics, one that
Matthew MillinerPoliticsPolitical Theology
What if political conservatism, properly understood (as it almost never is) not as the propagation of ideology, but as ideology's negation, naturally avoids James Davison Hunter's
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I'd never heard of George William Curtis before this past Saturday. A quote of his popped up on my friend's facebook wall, in what I assume
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology
I have written plenty about Oliver O'Donovan's political theology. Or not so much "written" as quoted. In many ways, I'm still in