Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 4, Final) Naaman Wood, Ph.D., Redeemer University College (nwood@redeemer.ca) My first year in seminary, I was preparing for my Christian theology final, and I discovered a strange possibility within Christian thinking. Almost any Christian doctrine, insight, or practice possessed a transparency or a resonance with many other doctrines, insights, or …
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 3)
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 3) Naaman Wood, Ph.D., Redeemer University College (nwood@redeemer.ca) After my first blog post, a reader wanted some clarity on what I meant by analogy, especially regarding my concerns of redemptive readings of Gran Torino. I paraphrase the reader’s inquiry here: As I understand your argument, Naaman, analogies lead to “good” …
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 2)
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 2) Naaman Wood, Ph.D., Redeemer University College (nwood@redeemer.ca) In my previous post, I named two potential dangers that come from the typical way many of us engage in faith-learning integration: thin readings and unethical readings. In the next few blog posts, I want to offer a bit of detail on …
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication, Part 1, by Naaman Wood
Analogies: Cultivating a “Thick” Strategy for Thinking Christianly about Communication (Part 1) Naaman Wood, Ph.D., Redeemer University College (nwood@redeemer.ca) In this first post, the CCSN asked me to offer some reflections on faith and learning integration. As someone whose entire post-secondary education has occurred at Christian institutions of higher learning, I have been steeped in the faith-learning tradition. Despite this training, …
