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Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God

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ISBN-10: 0830818782

ISBN-13: 9780830818785

Edition: 1996

Authors: Stanley J. Grenz, Roger E. Olson

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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.Now 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 accessible book is ideal for students, church study groups and individual Christians…    
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Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 8/19/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 150
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Stanley J. Grenz is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Carey/Regent College, Vancouver, and affiliate professor at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Illinois. He is the author of many books, including "Theology for the Community of God" and "A Primer on Postmodernism". Westminster John Knox Press has published several of his books, including "Sexual Ethics: An Evangelical Perspective"; "Welcoming But Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality"; and "What Christians Really Believe and Why".

Roger E. Olson (Ph.D., Rice University) is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author of The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform, The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity (both InterVarsity Press) and The Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology (Westminster John Knox). He is also coauthor of 20th-Century Theology: God & the World in a Transitional Age and Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God (both with Stanley J. Grenz, InterVarsity Press), and of The Trinity (with Christopher A. Hall, Eerdmans).

Introduction
Everyone Is a Theologian
Not All Theologies Are Equal
Defining Theology
Defending Theology
Theology's Tasks & Traditions
The Theologian's Tools
Constructing Theology in Context
Bringing Theology into Life
An Invitation to Engage in Theology
Notes