Working to Live (or, Sayers v. Lewis)

May 19th, 2010 | 2 min read

As much as I want to affirm Sayers's understanding of work, I can't quite assent. Yes, there is something dignifying about work, and yes, it absolutely should entail "the full expression of one's faculties."

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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