it was hard to read the chapters with lots of big words that he didn't always take the time to define. otherwise very thought provoking. ( )

Fascinating exploration of thinking Christianly. The subtitle sums it up - 'why evangelicals don't think and what to do about it.' Part One explores a ghost mind, how Christians retreated from thinking from 1860; Part Two looks at an idiot culture and the influences of popular culture. Some of these have dated but the principles apply; and Part Three offers a way forward to reinvigorate Christian thinking. Good stuff ( )

Fit Bodies Fat Minds is one of my favorite books because its message whacked me on the side of my head, helping me to see things differently. It is a thin book not because of a lack of content, but because of conciseness in writing.

Guinness elaborates on certain trends that devastated the Puritan mind that existed in the United States and left in its place a shallow Christianity. These trends include polarization, pietism, primitivism, populism, pluralism, pragmatism, philitinism and premillienialism, all which are recognizable, prevelant, and revered in our Christian community today.

To Guinness, some of these trends such as pluralism are not bad in and of themselves, but the way that we have come to view them is bad. ( )

Shows a little bit that it is dated both with its discusstion of current events and its assessment that there is no serious Christian thinking going on. I believe that there is. That granted, it make some good points about what forces in American culture are driving Christianity to "abandon its mind." Was motivating and interesting, but I found him rather brusque and sometimes lacking sophistication in his points. Very much worth the read!