George Cronk, J.D., Ph.D.

Dept. of Philosophy & Religion

Bergen Community College

Paramus, NJ 07652


PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

  On Shankara. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company (Wadsworth Philosophers Series), 2003.

 Fundamentals of Modern Logic. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., 2002.

 The Message of the Bible: An Orthodox Christian Perspective. Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990.

 The Philosophical Anthropology of George Herbert Mead. New York: Peter Lang, 1987.

 Songs of Imagination [a book of poetry]. Foxboro, Massachusetts: Del-Ray Publications, 1959.

 

Anthologies & Translations

 Readings in Philosophy: Eastern & Western Sources. (General Editor: George Cronk; Associate Editors: Tobyn De Marco, Peter Dlugos, and Paul Eckstein) Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., 2d ed., 2004.

 Philosophy East & West: Classical & Modern Sources. Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Inc., 2000.

 Readings in Eastern Philosophy. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace, 2d ed., 1999.

 Eight Philosophical Classics. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace, 2d ed., 1998.

 

Articles – Philosophy

 "A Remembrance of Elvis." No Utopia (an e-zine) (August 2003), www.noutopia.com, at www.noutopia.com/culture.html#anchor28602.

 "George Herbert Mead," in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, "American Philosophers," Vol. 270, "American Philosophers Before 1950." Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., 2002.

 "George Herbert Mead," in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. James Fieser (1999), http://www.utm.edu/research/iep ("M").

 "Belief in the Existence of Angels is Justified," Proceedings of the XVIIIth World Congress of Philosophy. Brighton, England: XVIIIth World Congress of Philosophy, 1988.

 "Job and the Problem of the Righteous Sufferer: Another Approach to the Problem of Evil," Sweet and Bitter Fruit (July 1985), 24-26.

 "An Odd Defense of Theism," Sweet and Bitter Fruit (February 1985), 21-22.

 "Teaching Philosophy in the Community College: Curse or Blessing?," The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on the Teaching of Philosophy (January 1980), 14-19.

 "James and the Problem of Intersubjectivity: An Interpretive Critique," in The Philosophy of William James, ed. W.R. Corti (Hamburg, Germany: Felix Meiner Verlag, 1976), 221-244.

 "A Symbolic Interactionist Account of the Process of Psychotherapy," Darshana International: An International Quarterly (Spring 1974), 17-25.

 "Symbolic Interactionism: A Left-Meadian Interpretation," Social Theory and Practice (Spring 1973), 313-333.

 "Vicissitudes," Kinesis (Spring 1970), 106-124.

 "Mechanistic-Materialism and the Genesis of Modern Skepticism," Kinesis (Fall 1969), 15-25.

 

Articles - Religious Studies and Theology

  "How to Put Religious Studies on the Map at a Community College." Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion (February & April 2005), 27-31.

 Contributor to introduction and line-by-line commentary on "The Gospel of John" in The Orthodox Study Bible: New Testament and Psalms. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993.

 Contributor ["[PP]" sections], Come and See: Encountering the Orthodox Church, ed. Theodore Bobosh. Syosset, New York: Department of Religious Education, Orthodox Church in America, 1983.

 "My Recent Experience with the Orthodox Church in Dallas," The Dawn (December 1982), 4.

 "One Man's Journey [to the Orthodox Church]," Again [Evangelical Orthodox Church] (April-June 1980), 7.

 "Cults: An Analysis," The Bergen Monitor (March 13, 1979), 7.

 "What do the Mormons Believe?," Concern (Spring 1978), 3-9.

 "An Introduction on Psychology and the Orthodox Christian" (editorial introduction), Concern (Spring 1978), 2-3.

 "Cultic Consciousness and the Spiritual Crisis of Contemporary Man," Concern (Fall 1977), 3-8.

 "Transcendental Mediation: A Christian Critique," Concern (Summer 1977), 10-14.


 

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Outline Books

 Introduction to Philosophy: Lecture-Discussion Outline. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Custom Academic Publishing Co., 1994.

 Basic Logic: Lecture-Discussion Outline. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Custom Academic Publishing Co., 1994.

 

Book Reviews

 "Review of Nagarjuna and the Philosophy of Openness, by Nancy McCagney (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997), in the International Journal of Hindu Studies Vol. 4, No. 1 (April 2000), 68-69.

 "Review of Looking at Ourselves: An Introduction to Philosophy, by Vincent Barry (Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1977)," in Teaching Philosophy (1977-1978), 352-355.

 "Review of The Philosophy of George Herbert Mead, ed. W.R. Corti (Winterthur, Switzerland: Amriswiler Bucherei, 1973)," in The Journal of Thought (January 1977), 78-83.

 

Book and Tape-Cassette Series

 Knowing Christ as Lord and Savior: Six Lessons from the Gospel According to St. John. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1982.

 Traditional American Religions and the Orthodox Faith. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1979.

 Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Moral Issues. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1979.

 The Bible and the Orthodox Faith. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1979.

 Church History and the Spiritual Condition of Contemporary Man: Sixteen Lectures on the Spiritual Warfare of the Orthodox Church. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1978.

 

Booklet

 Salvation Through Jesus Christ: An Orthodox Christian Perspective. Wayne, New Jersey: The Orthodox Church of the Holy Resurrection, "New Life Series," 1980.


 

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Poetry

 "We Who Are Named Legion," in Deathrealm (Fall-Winter 1991), 38-41.

 "I would agree," "Rosemary at the Flamingo Lounge," and "Time Out of Mind," in Sweet and Bitter Fruit (July 1985), 44-46.

 "Diogenes" and "There is something in me," in Sweet and Bitter Fruit (February 1985), 34-35.

 "Anthony Canger," "Time Dances Inevitably Toward Death," and "a part of me is citynight," in To Make a Poem (Paterson, New Jersey: The William Carlos Williams Poetry Center, The Paterson Free Public Library, 1972), 18-24.

 "Pro Patria (for William L. Calley, Jr.)," in Instress, IV, No. 1 (1971), no page numbers.

 "the night is cold" and "Henry Ward Beecher," in The Search: Ninth Series, ed. Thomas Kinsella (Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 12-14.

 "with melodious whisperings," in Anthology 1962 (Los Angeles, California: American College Poetry Society, 1962), 61.

 

Educational Reports

 BCC Faculty Senate Curriculum Assessment Report (co-authored with Dr. Michael Redmond and Professor Michael Orlando). Paramus, New Jersey: Bergen Community College, 1993.

 "General Education Reform in the New Jersey Community Colleges: The Bergen Community College Experience, 1982-1987," in Educational Issues in the Community College, ed. Theodore Rabb. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Mid-Career Fellowship Program, 1988.

 General Education at Bergen Community College, 1982-1987. Paramus, New Jersey: Bergen Community College, 1987.

 Bergen Community College Self-Evaluation Report to the Commission On Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Paramus, New Jersey: Bergen Community College, 1986.

 General Education at Bergen Community College. Paramus, New Jersey: Bergen Community College, 1983.


 

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