By: Sara Taylor Lattimore on November 12, 2023
This week in the life of a doctoral student, I was assigned the book, Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson. It is a book of over 500 pages of small print, including more notes and citation than I had time to count. The sub title of the book is “The Architecture of Belief”. The idea…
By: Kristy Newport on November 12, 2023
Books, and the authors that write them, do not always live up to my expectations. Eagerly I jumped into Spell Bound, anticipating greater insight into Jungian psychology, archetypes, and the unconscious coming to greater consciousness.[1] Some of these discoveries were made, but as I came into the second half of the book, something in my…
By: Alana Hayes on November 12, 2023
“We tell ourselves stories about who we are, where we would like to be and how we are going to get there. These stories regulate our emotions, by determining their significance of all the things we encounter and all the events we experience. We regard things that get us on our way as positive, things…
By: Audrey Robinson on November 12, 2023
Introduction Jordan Peterson explores mythological stories from religion, rituals, drama, and mythology to provide a philosophical and psychological narrative of the hero. His work, Maps of Meaning, also provides a window into how myths have helped form how humans make sense of the world through shared stories. Peterson explores the psychological aspects of meaning and…
By: Jana Dluehosh on November 10, 2023
I am, was, will be, always have, sometimes am a “good girl” depending on your definition. I grew up most of my life in North Dakota, where there was not a lot to get in trouble with, except the normal teenage stuff. As an adult reflecting back, I always wondered why I didn’t do more…
By: Chad McSwain on November 10, 2023
“How do know the love of God is not a counterfeit-love?” This was asked by a teenager in a recent youth meeting on Wednesday night. The youth leader came up to me after the meeting and asked how I would answer that question. I thought about it for a moment then said, “If you know…
By: Caleb Lu on November 10, 2023
In the book Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, Jordan Peterson takes the reader on his journey in making sense of his own life choices along with the world events that surrounded him as he grew up (predominantly the Cold War and the threat of nuclear warfare)[1]. His observations, musings, and research led him…
By: Michael O'Neill on November 10, 2023
Introduction Dr. Jordan B. Peterson thoroughly investigates the human experience in his book, Maps of Meaning. Peterson provides the reader with insights from philosophy, mythology, and religion; and positions his psychological perspective around understanding the importance of meaning. He opens with “Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing…
By: Jean de Dieu Ndahiriwe on November 10, 2023
Introduction Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan Peterson is one of few challenging books, yet full of great insights that evoke more questions than answers. Even though it is hard to read, I have found a few areas where I identify with Peterson. He writes intriguing concepts worth exploring. Humans explore their…
By: Dinka Utomo on November 9, 2023
We will only know who we really are by the re-ordering of our agency, the transfer of object and subject of self, in relationship to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. -Jason Clark- There was a Sunday School song that was sung quite often when I was little. The lyric quote is as…
By: Jenny Steinbrenner Hale on November 9, 2023
In a conversation with my dad this week, he asked what we were reading in our DLPG class. “Maps of Meaning, by Jordan Peterson,” I replied. He said he was familiar with the title, as it is one of his grandsons Nic’s favorite books. Nic was a philosophy major and often could be found in…
By: Todd E Henley on November 9, 2023
Years ago, I heard a story of a middle-aged woman named Nancy who lived in Pennsylvania and one summer traveled to California to visit her sister. Nancy and her sister decided to go shopping in Tijuana, a Mexican border town below California. On their way back to the car to head to California, Nancy saw…
By: Shonell Dillon on November 9, 2023
It was often a practice of my peers to dare someone. Daring you meant that they were willing to make a bet that you would not do some crazy thing. For those that were not afraid of adventure or the unknown, they accepted the dare. If in fact the dare was dangerous they suffered their…
By: Russell Chun on November 9, 2023
အိုး၊ ပထမကမ္ဘာပြဿနာ။, Wow a 1st world problem or အခြားမိခင်မှ ညီအစ်ကိုများ, Brothers from another mother (Burmese) Part 1: What my peers and others are saying.. Part 2: Desire…End of Globalization?… Part 3: What I am learning…. Part 1: What my peers and others are saying.. In the discussion of Polanyi and capitalism[1], I made a…
By: Mathieu Yuill on November 9, 2023
Journeying through the intersection of faith and capitalism can sometimes feel like wandering through a marketplace, where each vendor seems to promote their own version of salvation. In Evangelicalism and Capitalism; A Reparative Account and Diagnosis,[1] Jason Clark provides a thought provoking analysis of this junction examining the occasionally conflicting relationship between these two realms.…
By: Adam Harris on November 9, 2023
Last week I went to the theater with our pastor and his wife’s small group to see, After Death, which is a documentary exploring NDE’s (Near Death Experiences), produced by the same people responsible for The Chosen. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised by their approach to this complex, and…
By: David Beavis on November 9, 2023
Science: An Inadequate Tutor on Purpose The 20th-century missiologist and pastor Lesslie Newbigin wrote about the dialogue between science and Christian faith in his book Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel in Western Culture.[1] He pointed out that this assumption of knowing the essence of a thing simply by knowing all of the parts is an…
By: Cathy Glei on November 9, 2023
There is so much that this world has to offer that deforms a person. Author and University of Dayton professor, Dr. Vincent Miller, in his book Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Religion says, “Our attention to the nitty-gritty materialist details of these cultural shifts will be better able to guide a…
By: Pam Lau on November 8, 2023
“Unless we attend to these deeper workings of culture, Theological reflection will miss the most profound challenge of consumerism–the commodification of culture–the reduction of religious beliefs, symbols, and values to objects of consumption.”[1] What is My Desire? Truth be told, when I saw what was scheduled on my calendar from June 28-July 1, 2023, I…
By: Jenny Dooley on November 7, 2023
Maybe it’s jetlag. My head is spinning following my recent trip to Bali, Indonesia. Memories of my life there 34-years ago are frequent companions. Moments of grief turned to joy, memories of God’s provision, and reconnection with people I hold dear fill my thoughts. Needless-to-say memories of bamboo beds, mallard ducks, and Oreos sparked by…
