by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 27, 2023 | Book Review, Gender, Psychology, Science
What Works: Gender Equality by Design by Iris BohnetMy rating: 4 of 5 stars I read a lot of books and journal articles about bias and inequality. It’s pretty common for those sources to offer a lot of recommendations for overcoming bias that sound...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Oct 18, 2021 | Book Review
Complex Simplicity: How Psychology Suggests Atheists Are Wrong about Christianity by Lucian Gideon Conway IIIMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was a wonderful breath of fresh air in its genre. I’ve been reading and listening to apologetics materials for a...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Sep 14, 2021 | Apologetics, Book Review, Psychological Apologetics, Science, Theology
I’ve been explicitly focusing on psychological apologetics for a few years now, but it just dawned on me that I’ve never clearly defined it, at least not in writing. While I’m not strictly the only person doing psychological apologetics, I am doing...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 20, 2020 | Book Review
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph HenrichMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Ten years ago, the author of this book, Joseph Henrich, wrote a journal article with the same title as...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Aug 3, 2020 | Apologetics, Book Review, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Theology
Psychology and Christianity: Five Views When I tell people that I work in the field of psychology, they almost always ask how I can still be a Christian in that field or they wonder whether I really am a Christian. Many psychologists are opposed to religion,...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Jan 18, 2020 | Apologetics, Book Review, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science
I’ve been meaning to read Jonathan Haidt’s books, The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind for quite a while. In fact, I considered applying to work with him for my PhD because his research is so relevant for...
