by Steve Thomason | Jun 23, 2014 | Books - Missional Church, How Do We Think?, The Missional Church
Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1986. Author – Lesslie Newbigin My Reflection (this reflection was originally written in January, 2012 for the course Vocation of the...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 23, 2014 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, How Do We Think?
Grondin, Jean. Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994. Author – Jean Grondin The following illustration represents the history that Grondin sets forth in this book. It provides a nice frame for understanding how...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2014 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Books - Spirituality, How Do We Think?, postfoundational, Spiritual Formation
Black, Gary. The Theology of Dallas Willard: Discovering Protoevangelical Faith. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013. The Author – Dr. Gary Black, Jr. This essay is both a reflection on Gary Black’s book The Theology of Dallas Willard, and a huge note of...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2014 | How Do We Think?, Personal Journal, The Trinity
The four videos in this playlist introduce the Social Trinity and were created for the Deep in the Burbs Research Team. Here is a Prezi that includes these 4 videos, but goes deeper into the history of the discussion and the theological texts. Here are links to some...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 18, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, How Do We Think?, Spiritual Formation
The following passage is referring to Ivan Illich. I found this passage especially helpful in regarding how we might think about law and social codes. This is from Charles Taylor’s book A Secular Age.
by Steve Thomason | Nov 25, 2013 | Books - Epistemology/Hermeneutics, Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, How Do We Think?
The Author – Charles Taylor A key concept that comes from the book is that of the buffered self. Taylor argues that modern, western civilization has disenchanted the cosmos and moved away from a porous self—in which the person can be influenced and...
