Thinking Orthodox: Book Analysis Series (Part 4): The Orthodox Phronema
So, what makes the Orthodox mindset (what Eugenia Constantinou calls phronema) different from the “Western” mindset seen in both Catholicism and Protestantism? ...
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“Thinking Orthodox” Book Analysis (Part 3): Understanding the Typical Catholic and Protestant Mindsets
In this post, I am going to look at the way Eugenia Constantinou differentiates between the Western phronema (mindset/worldview) of Catholicism and Protestantis...
“Thinking Orthodox” Book Analysis (Part 2): What is “Phronema” and what is so distinctive about Orthodox Christianity?
Before I begin my actual analysis of Eugenia Constantinou’s Thinking Orthodox, I want to give a quick overview of the book as a whole. The book is divided into ...
“Thinking Orthodox”–A New Book Analysis Series (Part 1: Introduction)
For the next couple of weeks, I am going to write a number of posts on the book Thinking Orthodox: Understanding and Acquiring the Orthodox Christian Mind, by E...
Divided Nation: A New Book by Ken Ham! (Warning: It’s a tad divisive…and actually just a rehash of everything else he’s written)
A couple of weeks ago, on one of the Creation/Evolution Facebook groups I follow, there was a thread about how Ken Ham, the founder of Answers in Genesis, had s...
A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 10)–Concluding Remarks (Why Kobes Du Mez really is more like Ken Ham than you think)
We now come to the final post of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. I’ve gone through most of her book, so in this post I si...
A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 9)–Chapter 15: The 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump…and Evangelicals (Hang on, this ride is going to get bumpy!)
We now come to the next-to-last post of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. In this post, I will look at chapter 15, which lo...
A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 8)–Chapter 14: Evangelicals, Barack Obama, and Sarah Palin
We now come to Part 8 of my book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne. In this post, I will look at chapter 14, which looks at the Evan...
A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 7)–Chapters 11-13: The Manly Man Mark Driscoll, Evangelicals and the Army, and the War in Iraq
Here in Part 7 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 11-13. In this post, my response will ...
A Book Analysis of “Jesus and John Wayne” (Part 6)–Chapters 9-10: Promise Keepers, Purity Culture, and that Nasty Masculinity
Here in Part 6 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 9-10. In this post, my response will b...