Books
Part 9 (of 15): Peterson on White Privilege
Category: General
Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson, Racial Reconciliation, Reconciliation, White Privilege
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “The degree to which the terrible part of the world manifests itself in your life is proportionate to how insufficient you are….If you got your…
Part 8 (of 15): Race and Social Hierarchies
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “The degree to which the terrible part of the world manifests itself in your life is proportionate to how insufficient you are….If you got your…
Part 7 (of 15): Hierarchies, Masculinity, and Femininity
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “Do male crustaceans oppress female crustaceans? Should their hierarchies be upended?” In the previous two posts we reviewed Peterson’s conception of life as a delicate…
Part 6 (of 15): Evolutionary Conservatism
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “If reality is that which selects, then what’s selected by that reality must in some sense be correct.” Evolutionary Wisdom As was true of Heraclitus…
Part 5 (of 15): The Delicate Dance
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “We eternally inhabit order, surrounded by chaos. We eternally occupy known territory, surrounded by the unknown.” Nowhere in 12 Rules of Life (or anywhere else…
Part 4 (of 15): Evaluating Peterson’s Faith
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life by Greg Boyd “It was in the aftermath of God’s death that the great collective horrors of Communism and Fascism sprang forth…” In the previous post I outlined…
Part 3 (of 15): The Leap of Faith
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” by Greg Boyd I’ll begin by saying I’ve received several video clips of Jordan saying some rather outrageous and offensive things. I was, frankly, quite surprised, since I…
Part 2 (of 15): Can ‘Being’ Be Justified?
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” by Greg Boyd ~“Pain and suffering define the world. Of that, there can be no doubt.” ~ Jordan Peterson One of the things that makes Peterson’s approach to…
Part 1 (of 15): Introduction — What’s Up With Jordan Peterson?
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Assessing Jordan Peterson’s “12 Rules for Life” by Greg Boyd Over the last two years I have, with increasing frequency, been asked what I thought of the views of this maverick Canadian thinker named Jordan…
Podcast: What Are Your Thoughts on Jordan Peterson?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Jordan Peterson
Greg and Dan critique Jordan Peterson’s book “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.” Here is a link to that book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0358.mp3
Podcast: A Flexible Faith: The Bonnie Kristian Interview
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Book Reviews, Books
Dan interviews Bonnie Kristian on her new book: A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0344.mp3
Podcast: Greg Offers Some Book Recommendations
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Tags: Books
With consternation and gnashing of teeth, Greg shares some of his favorite books. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0304.mp3
Podcast: What Are You Reading Now?
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Tags: Book Reviews, Books
Greg discusses what he is reading now that Crucifixion of the Warrior God and CrossVision are completed (Links Below). http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0251.mp3 Books: The Training of KX12 and The Physics of Theism
Will There Be A Launch Event for Crucifixion of the Warrior God?
Category: ReKnew Podcast
Tags: Books, Crucifixion of the Warrior God
In this episode Greg gives an update on book release plans for “Crucifixion of the Warrior God.” http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0038.mp3
A Book That Won’t Leave You Unchanged
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Tags: Books, Frank Viola, Imagination, Jesus, Mary DeMuth, The Day I Met Jesus
St. Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th century founder of the Jesuits, taught that to experience the transforming power of Scripture, we need to read it “with all five senses,” using our imagination to get on…
Got Questions About God?
Category: Press
Tags: Books, Greg Boyd, Letters from a Skeptic
Do you have a friend who’s got questions about God? Greg’s father was an atheist who had lots of questions. Over an extended period, Greg and his father wrote letters to one another where they…
Difference Makers
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Tags: Books, Scott Boren
Books about following Jesus often give the impression that “real” followers of Jesus are those who make radical sacrifices and do extraordinary things to impact their world. Difference Makers is a gift to the rest…
For All You Creative Types Out There
This book is free today and tomorrow on Kindle if you’re creative and you find it hard to find time for your gifts. You’re welcome.
Book Review: Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views
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Tags: Books, Spiritual Warfare, Theology
I just got the pre-release copy of Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views, edited by my friends James Beilby and Paul Eddy (IVP, 2012). The introduction alone is worth the price of the book! It is…
Quotes to Chew on: How First Century Jews Came to Worship a Man
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Tags: Books, Jesus, Quotes
“Legends do not generally arise in contradiction to fundamental convictions held by the culture of those who create and embrace them. Yet if the Jesus story is largely a fictitious legend, this is exactly what…