About Hieropraxis
If there is any truth in what I write, it is Christ’s alone.
About Hieropraxis
“Hieropraxis” combines the words “hieros” (meaning “sacred”) and “praxis“(meaning “practice” or “action”), from the Greek. After all, if the great poet Gerard Manley Hopkins could invent new compound words when he needed just the right turn of phrase, why not imitate the best?
Hieropraxis, then, is a place to explore the practice of living a holy life, a life lived in the light of the knowledge of God revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ.
About the Author
Dr. Holly Ordway (M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst) is a professor of English and literature at a San Diego-area community college. Once hostile to Christianity, she became convinced of God’s existence through rational argument. Following the evidence where it led, she found herself where she never expected: at the foot of the Cross.
Not God’s Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith (Moody Publishers, 2010) traces her intellectual and emotional journey from atheism to faith in Christ as her Lord and Savior.
In addition to her teaching and writing, Holly is currently studying for a second MA, in Christian Apologetics, at Biola University.
She is a lay reader, acolyte, and the parish librarian at her church, St. Michael’s by-the-Sea, and a competitive sabre fencer.
Her favorite authors are C.S. Lewis and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and she considers a really good cup of coffee to be one of life’s simple pleasures.
Contact Information
Email: hollyordway (at) gmail.com
Dr Holly Ordway came to Christ through reason, in the pursuit of truth. "In your hearts honor Christ as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 15).
She writes about her journey from atheism to orthodox Christian faith in her book "Not God's Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith" (Moody Publishers).
