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geej
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| Posted 2/1/2002 4:15 PM (GMT -6) |   | Can anyone tell be a bit about Stanley Grenz?
ie: is he an open theist? is he a bit of an environmentalist? I'm 98% sure he's an evangelical but which one? Baptist, non-denominational? I'm enjoying reading one of his books. It's kind of fun to try to guess how an author's world view affects their writing and beliefs.
GJ
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gregw
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| Posted 2/2/2002 2:11 PM (GMT -6) | | I will tell you what I know. Grenz is currently the subject of my MA thesis. I am looking at his "non-foundationalist" theology.
I don't think he has written on open theism, so I do not speak based on his writings, but I would guess that he is not an open theism from the tenor of his over all theology.
He is a Baptist theologian (self-declared). Evangelical at the foundation (pun intented) of his thought, but has been heavily influenced by George Lindbeck's postliberalism.
He has written extensively on how evangelicals should respond to postmodernism (beginning with Revisioning Evangelical Theology continuing with A Primer on Postmodernism and his most recent book on the topic is Beyond Foundationalism. There is a lot of writing in between these three books. Some say too much. He already has a hefty sytematic theology to his credit. I have heard there is a multi-volume theology coming. The integrating motif of his theology is community (it seems to me, this is an important part of responding to postmodernism).
I am not so sure that he has succeeded in his ideas for an evangelical response to postmodernism, but I will withhold my critique until I am through my research of his writings.
BTW, which book are you reading?
Hope this helps.
Greg
http://www.bethel.edu/seminary/catalog/StPaul/bsmact.htm
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geej
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| Posted 2/4/2002 11:12 AM (GMT -6) | | Gregw
The book I'm working on now is Created For Community. It is very interesting and he has a lot of good ideas that are based upon sound methodology. He seems to betray some of his own beliefs and I was asking this question to see if I was right. : )
GJ
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