The Problem of Orthodoxy

Evangelicals at the Crossroads of Truth and Power

Michael Blanco, Jeffrey Lyon

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 August 2024

History of religion; Orthodox & Oriental Churches; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

The Problem of Orthodoxy: Evangelicals at the Crossroads of Truth and Power reexamines Christian orthodoxy, especially contemporary evangelicalism in the United States, from the standpoint of structure instead of content. Rather than focus on which Christian doctrines are “correct”, Michael Blanco explores how orthodoxy functions to invite, cajole, warn, demonize, and perpetrate violence against those who are within and without its circle. The author is particularly interested in the nexus of power and orthodoxy, including violence, and many of his examples also touch on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). To the degree that orthodoxy acts to coerce viewpoints and actions, especially over doctrinal and moral peccadilloes, this fact constitutes “the problem of orthodoxy.”

By: Michael Blanco
Foreword by: Jeffrey Lyon
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9781666962598
ISBN 10: 1666962597
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Michael Blanco is the senior director of diversity and inclusion operations at Michigan Technological University.

Reviews for The Problem of Orthodoxy: Evangelicals at the Crossroads of Truth and Power

As an indigenous Missiologist and member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi tribe, I look at everything with questions. So much of the missions among the indigenous peoples has been dominated by one cultural perspective for far too long. It is not so much the problem of Orthodoxy but the issue of whose orthodoxy are we speaking of. Michael Blanco's The Problem of Orthodoxy: Evangelicals at the Crossroads of Truth and Power should be a must read for anyone struggling with the powers in their denominational circles controlling the way we must approach indigenous theology, missions, and ecclesiology. --Casey Church, NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community, currently pastor of Good Medicine Way