{"product_id":"who-needs-theology-an-invitation-to-the-study-of-god-paperback","title":"Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley J. Grenz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoger E. Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo many Christians today theology means something alien, overly intellectual and unappealing. Even seminarians are known to balk at it. Yet theology - most simply, the knowledge of God - is essential to the life and health of the church. In Who Needs Theology? two theologians who care profoundly about the witness of ordinary Christians show what theology is, how every believer (earned degrees or not) is a theologian, what tools theology uses, and how lay - as well as professional - theologians can do better theology. This clear, eminently accessible book is ideal for students, church study groups and individual laypersons who want to enrich their discipleship through the riches of theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger E. Olson (PhD, Rice University) is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition Reform, The Mosaicof Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArminian Theology: Myths and Realities\u003c\/i\u003e (all InterVarsity Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanley J. Grenz (1950-2005) earned a B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1973, an M.Div. from Denver Seminary in 1976 and a D.Theol. From the University of Munich (Germany) in 1978, where completed his dissertation under the supervision of Wolfhart Pannenberg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ordained into the gospel ministry in 1976, Grenz worked within the local church context as a youth director and assistant pastor (Northwest Baptist Church, Denver), pastor (Rowandale Baptist Church, Winnipeg), and interim pastor. In addition he preached and lectured in numerous churches, colleges, universities and seminaries in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Grenz wrote or cowrote twenty-five books, the most recent of which is \u003ci\u003eRediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei\u003c\/i\u003e (Westminster John Knox), \u003ci\u003eBeyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context\u003c\/i\u003e (with John R. Franke; Westminster John Knox), \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP), \u003ci\u003eA Primer on Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (Eerdmans), \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e (with Denise Muir Kjesbo; IVP), \u003ci\u003eRevisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP), and \u003ci\u003eThe Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical Options\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP). He has also coauthored several shorter reference and introductory books for IVP, including \u003ci\u003eWho Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God\u003c\/i\u003e (with Roger E. Olson), \u003ci\u003ePocket Dictionary of Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jay T. Smith), and \u003ci\u003ePocket Dictionary of Theological Terms\u003c\/i\u003e (with David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling). He contributed articles to more than two dozen other volumes, and has had published more than one hundred essays and eighty book reviews. These have appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today, The Christian Century, Christian Scholar's Review, Theology Today\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Ecumenical Studies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For twelve years (1990-2002), Grenz held the position of Pioneer McDonald Professor of Baptist Heritage, Theology and Ethics at Carey Theological College and at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. After a one-year sojourn as Distinguished Professor of Theology at Baylor University and Truett Seminary in Waco, Texas (2002-2003), he returned to Carey and resumed his duties as Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology. In 2004 he assumed an additional appointment as Professor of Theological Studies at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45675263229996,"sku":"9780830818785","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/TuvUXMeSHi9780830818785.webp?v=1781764971","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/who-needs-theology-an-invitation-to-the-study-of-god-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}