Tag Archives: Theology of Culture

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

Instructions for Avoiding God

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

On a global superpower scale, the 1960s were partially defined by the Space Race. In a strange twist on propaganda–or a poor twist in the tale–Lewis had heard that the Russians had announced that they had been to outer space … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Cold War, God, sabbath, solitude, Space Race, tech sabbath, technology, Theology of Culture, USSR, vintage ads | 9 Comments

Jill Pole’s Road to Emmaus

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

It is one of the more intriguing appearances of Jesus after the puzzling event of the empty tomb. Rather than grand appearances, Christ slowly slipped into the lives of his disciples, visiting two or three at a time while skirting Jerusalem … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Jesus, Letters to Children, Narnia, pilgrimage, Road to Emmaus, The Last Battle, theology, Theology of Culture, writing | 32 Comments

The Problem with Moralistic Art: A Note on the Expository Demon

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I am not an avid theatre goer, but it is something I secretly love. Rather than the grand urban stages, I especially enjoy the small, intimate theatres that we have here in Atlantic Canada and tucked away in cities … Continue reading →