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O'Donovan Contra Liberalism

In his brilliant defense of Christendom--to which I hope to devote more attention later--Oliver O'Donovan offers what amounts to a drive-by dismantling of what we

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

On Marrying Young

Ben Domenech's recent New Ledger piece has set off no little conversation on one of my favorite topics:  marriage.   He writes (though the whole thing is worth a

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

On Metaphysical Conservatism and the Problem of Marriage

It is an odd fact about American culture and the gay marriage debate that while conservatives are winning (at least for the moment) the public opinion battle, they are losing

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Assorted Readings on a Monday Evening

I haven't had many blog-length thoughts of late, but here are a few of the things I've read recently and found interesting:  The Ten Most

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Turkish Shoe Shine: An Illustration of the Superiority of the Free Market to Socialism

Mention the country of Turkey and most people think of exotic carpets and rugs, crusader castles and the Blue Mosque, Ottoman potentates, and the missionary journeys of the apostle Paul,

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The Fast the Lord has Chosen

Editor's Note:  During the Lenten season, we have invited other writers to join us to help remove the pressure to produce content from us regulars.  On that note,

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Meditation on Ash Wednesday

Today we celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season.  Ash Wednesday, the most penitential day of the year, ushers in the "bright sadness" (to use Alexander Schmemann'

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The Critics Respond: Hartenburg on "The New Evangelical Scandal"

Gary Hartenburg, a good friend and a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, penned the following response to my recent piece on the young evangelicalism.  With his permission, I'm

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Nine Things

All people by nature desire knowledge. The vehicles by which people endeavor to know things are basically two: the senses or the mind. The objects which people endeavor to know

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Thoughts on Marriage and Dating...

First, this: It is within the marriage covenant that our hearts deepest desires find their rest and peace: "At last," says Adam, and when we reach that state,

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Leisure

"Our culture does not suffer from the overabundance of leisure but, rather, its scarcity." Thus begins Mathew Anger's nice review of Joseph Pieper's modern

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Can't Win 'Em All: Defending the New Media Frontier

In case you missed it, Church Relevance released their list of the top 60 Christian blogs.  Mere-O did not make the list (alas), but friends Justin Taylor, Joe Carter,