Publisher Description
To many Christians theology is something alien, overly intellectual and wholly unappealing. Even seminary students are known to balk at the prospect of a course on theology. Yet theology--most simply, the knowledge of God--is essential to the life and health of the church. In this short introduction, Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson, two theologians who care deeply about the witness of ordinary Christians and the ministry of the church, show what theology is, what tools theology uses, why every believer (advanced degrees or not) is a theologian and how the theological enterprise can be productive and satisfying. Their clear, easily understood book is ideal for students, church study groups and individual Christians who want to strengthen understanding, belief and commitment by coming to know God more fully.
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About the Authors
Stanley J. Grenz (1950–2005)
earned a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MDiv from Denver
Seminary, and a DTheol from the University of Munich in Germany. Ordained into
the gospel ministry, he worked within the local church as a youth director,
assistant pastor, pastor, and interim pastor. In addition, he preached and
lectured in numerous churches, colleges, universities, and seminaries in North
America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. He wrote or cowrote twenty-five
books before his death. He also coauthored several shorter reference and
introductory books for IVP, contributed articles to more than two dozen other
volumes, and published more than one hundred essays and eighty book reviews.
These have appeared in journals such as Christianity
Today, Christian Century, Christian Scholar’s Review, Theology Today, and Journal of Ecumenical Studies.