In this post, I am going to look at the way Eugenia Constantinou differentiates between the Western phronema (mindset/worldview) of Catholicism and Protestantism and the Easter phronema of Orthodoxy. Let’s dive in… Chapter 3: Phronema in the Western Christian TraditionSince most of my readers are probably from the Western Christian tradition, most of what Constantinou…
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 three parts. Part 1 is entitled The Orthodox Phronema and it consists of five chapters. The long and short of Part 1 is (a) to discuss…
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 Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou. In short (as the subtitle suggests), the book focuses primarily on two things. First, it discusses the fundamental difference in the basic outlook, mindset,…
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 spent about five pages in his book, Six Days, lambasting someone in the Facebook group because this person didn’t accept Ken Ham’s views. People were getting…
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 simply want to make some concluding comments regarding, not only her book as a whole, but also what I fear is the…
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 looks at the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump. Let’s get triggered! Chapter 15: A New High Priest–A SummaryChapter 15 takes us up…
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 Evangelicals in the Obama and years. Chapter 14: Spiritual Bad Asses—Summary and Response Obama and Jeremiah WrightIn this chapter, Kobes Du Mez…
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 be alongside my summary of each chapter. Chapter 11: Holy Balls—Summary and ResponseIn chapter 11, KDM focuses on a number of movements and Evangelicals…
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 be alongside my summary of each chapter. Chapter 9: Tender Warriors—Summary and Response Promise-Keepers: Soft PatriarchyIn chapter 9, KDM focuses on the Promise Keepers…
Here in Part 5 of my detailed book analysis of Kristin Kobes Du Mez’s book, Jesus and John Wayne, I will look at chapters 7-8. Again, my format will consist of a brief summary of a chapter, followed by my response to it. Let’s jump in… Chapter 7: The Greatest American Hero—SummaryIn this chapter, Kobes…