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S2 Ep1119: The (Im)morality of Birth Control and Potential Problems with Adoption: Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Assistant Research Professor of Ethics and Theology at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and the Associate Director of Baylor in Washington. He is an Associate Fellow at the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at Oxford University, where he completed a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics. His latest book is Called into Questions: Cultivating the Love of Learning Within the Life of Faith. In this podcast conversation, Matthew makes his case against birth control and raises some questions about certain kinds of adoption. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and the Rahm.

0:02.8

I guess today is Dr. Matthew Lee Anderson, who is an assistant research professor of ethics

0:06.9

and theology at Baylor University.

0:09.0

He received his doctorate from Oxford University in Christian ethics.

0:13.4

He's the author of a couple of books as most reason book is called Into Questions, Cultivating

0:18.3

the Love of Learning Within the Life of Faith.

0:20.8

We were going to get to that book, but we didn't because we got caught up in kind of a back

0:25.3

and forth conversation around the relationship between sex and procreation and, well,

0:31.0

in contraceptives.

0:32.4

And also his, how do I say it, his unorthodox views on adoption.

0:39.3

So if you need a podcast to agree with you, then this one is not for you.

0:49.0

If you don't mind being challenged with some questions that you might find disagreeable

0:53.6

if not offensive, then you can go ahead and keep listening.

0:56.2

So please welcome to the show for the first time, Matthew Lee Anderson.

1:00.6

Matt, is this the first time you've been on the algebra?

1:12.0

I'm really embarrassed if it is.

1:13.7

It is.

1:14.7

It is the first time.

1:15.7

But I think that's your doing, though.

1:18.0

I'm pretty sure I've asked you before.

1:19.8

No?

1:20.8

You have never once asked me.

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