Tag Archives: Generation X

The Real Problem with Teached Helplessness

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

On Tuesday I posted an article called “12 Loving Ways You Can Ruin Your Kid’s Career,” which has gotten a bit of chatter. Most readers understood pretty clearly the satire. There is a lot of talk these days about the problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged academic, Baby Boomers, Education, Generation X, GenX, higher education, learned helplessness, Millennials, sociology, Teached Helplessness, Teaching, The Hunger Games, Theology of Culture | 12 Comments

Changing Signs of Truth: Thinking about Postmodernism with Stan Grenz and Crystal Downing

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I will always be indebted to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) for its culture of developing the Christian intellect. It isn’t that I had come from a brain-less community. My undergrad studies were rigorous, if anything my church culture had been … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Camus, Crystal Downing, Derrida, Foucault, Generation X, Lévi-Strauss, philosophy, Postmodernism, Sartre, Stanley Fish, Stanley Grenz, Star Trek, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture | 27 Comments

sabbath unplugged

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Author Doug Coupland argued that when we reach a certain level of technological connectivity we can’t go back. We are lost when we leave our cell phone at home. When we get our new Smart Phone platform or the latest … Continue reading →