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 | Nov 16, 2021 | Christian Living, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science, Theology
This article is the paper I read at the Evangelical Theological Society annual conference in 2021. It’s pretty long but is organized with lots of headings. If you want shorter content, here’s an article I wrote on the accuracy of the enneagram and another...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Sep 14, 2021 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Gender, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Science, Sex, Sexuality, Theology
Psychological apologetics is a unique field that focuses on using and applying psychological sciences (which really includes all social and cognitive sciences) for apologetics. Very few people do work that could be considered psychological apologetics, especially if...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Feb 12, 2021 | Apologetics, Parenting, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology, Sex, Theology
Until recently, Ravi Zacharias was a hero of the Christian faith. If you happen to be in the dark about him, he was the world’s most well-known apologist, but recent investigations have revealed that he engaged in unknown numbers of immoral and illegal sexual...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Nov 8, 2020 | Philosophy, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
(…and everything else, too) In one of the apologetics presentations I give, I ask the audience to shout out as many logical fallacies as they can in 15 seconds and they usually list about seven. I then ask them to shout out all the psychological biases that they...
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,...