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Yesterday I had the misfortune of having to go shopping for costume elements, which included looking for rubber snakes. Side note: Kids these days just don't seem to
Andrew WalkerChurchSocial TrendsEvangelicalismTheology and PracticeEmerging Adulthood/AdolescenceSocietyFormation
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
Kevin WhiteEmerging Adulthood/AdolescenceSociety
My reading suggestion follows Cate’s example in fleeing from a specific recommendation. And she gives very good advice. The assigned books are one of the big reasons you’re
Matthew Lee AndersonEmerging Adulthood/AdolescenceSociety
What one book would you have a college student read? It's not necessarily an easy question. There are hundreds of guides for college students out there, some of
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsDemographicsGenderSocial TrendsTheology and PracticeSocial JusticeCurrent PoliticsSociety
Apologies for returning to this theme yet again, but this is what happens when discussions occur and I have words to say. At any rate, The Christian Post took a
Andrew WalkerPoliticsPolitical TheorySociologyWar/International RelationsSociety
[This post is lengthy; be forewarned] As I expected would happen, the readers of Mere-O have responded both with class, sensitivity, and elegance to my original post, in which
Jake MeadorLiberal ArtsMarriageTheology and PracticeSocietyFormation
Cross-posted at Notes from a Small Place, where I've had several posts related to marriage lately, hence the disclaimer below. Disclaimer: I kinda-sorta want to apologize
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Three American flags draped the coffins lying on the cargo floor of my C-17. It was only three hours earlier that I had received a phone call informing me
Matthew Lee AndersonMarriageSociety
While researching for an article on marriage that I am writing, I came upon this abstract: Recent studies have found that mimicking the verbal and nonverbal behavior of strangers enhances
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As a way of getting my blogging going, I thought I’d start a series of posts on some teachings of Thomas Aquinas. I think this will be interesting (at
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We are thus stuck between two unrealistic views of the autonomy of the individual. The first is that the self can be autonomous forever; the second is that only the
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The Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream lifted a corner of the veil between plodding human beings and the world of fairies. The stage