Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Tipping Point and The Imago Dei
[This post is part of the Adventures in Psychology series] A couple of weeks ago I read Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. I’m not entirely sure where I first heard of Gladwell, but Tim Challies gives him a solid recommendation in The Next Story so maybe that was what did it for me. Regardless, Gladwell…
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The Hipster’s Theology Revisited
I felt that yesterday’s post needed a bit of clarification. Although indirectly related to William’s comment, his point led me to realize I was probably equivocating on the word “hipster.” There are really two (or at least two) senses one could take “hipster” to mean. I think I had both in mind and that detracted from…
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A Hipster’s Systematic Theology
A couple of months ago, I finished reading The Christian Faith. A few weeks later, the class I had to read the book for ended as well. As my time at seminary dwindled, so did my interest in analyzing Horton chapter by chapter. For a recap of what I did accomplish, see here. For an…
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A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
For those who read this blog regularly (both of you), I’m going to assume you’ve probably never heard of Chuck Klosterman (unless it was from a list on here). You probably didn’t read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto, and so by extension you probably didn’t have any interest to read Eating…
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Why I Haven’t Been Blogging
I’ve had some really great ideas for blogs, but… I’ve also been trying to finish the first draft of my thesis this week so I can focus on other things. I’m certainly not out of the woods by getting the first draft done, but at least most of the conceptual work is finished, and so…
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What Am I Reading This Summer?
Well, I’m glad you asked. [Updates in Bold, finished books are strike-through] Summer is a great time to get into some extra reading, or in the case of those of us who like to read but have had books chosen for us to read by our respective schools, a time to read what you’ve been…
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Redeeming Sociology
Author With this book on sociology, Vern Poythress has presented a God-centered approach on three subjects now. Having discussed science, and then language, Poythress turns his expertise to a closer look at sociology. He tells John Starke here more about the impulses behind the book. Poythress had the advantage of already having a doctorate from…
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Flat Tires and Fresh Starts
This was the scene just about an hour outside of Dallas the night we left town. We had set off for Orlando, and I was leading the drive when…well, this happened. I have driven literally hundreds of thousands of miles, mostly on the interstate, and this was my first flat tire on a road trip.…
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The Next Story
Author I was first introduced to Tim Challies, like many people, through reading his blog. While not specifically a technology guru, Tim does web consulting and has been blogging and using the latest and greatest tech devices for a while now. He has clearly spent a good amount of time thinking reflectively about it, and…
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Interpreting Myself Interpreting Inception
In both his recent book on language and his just released book on sociology, Vern Poythress makes an Inception like argument for the ultimate context of human activity. As we all probably remember from Inception, the storyline culminates in a heist that takes place inside a dream, within a dream, within a dream. Whether or…
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