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...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 8): God as Eternity
We now come to the last post in this series where I am going thorough Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. The short epilogue in his book is entitled, “God ...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 7b: God as Prayer)
We now come to the second to last post in this series on Kallistos Ware’s The Orthodox Way. In this post, I will be discussing the second half of his chapter, “...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 7a: God as Prayer)
In these next two posts, I will discuss the next chapter of Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. Chapter 6 is entitled, “God as Prayer.” Now, most Evangelic...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 6: God as Spirit)
In this post, I will discuss the next chapter of Kallistos Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way. Chapter 5 is entitled, “God as Spirit,” and (as the title suggests) di...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 5b): God as Man (more thoughts on the Incarnation, Suffering, Death, and Victory)
In this post, I will further discuss the second part of chapter 5 of Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, “God as Man,” which focuses on the mystery of the incarnatio...
Orthodox Book Series: “The Orthodox Way” by Kallistos Ware (Part 5a): God as Man (The Incarnation…and more musings about time and eternity)
In this post, I will discuss chapter 5 of Ware’s book, The Orthodox Way, “God as Man,” which focuses on the mystery of the incarnation and all that it entails. ...