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chloe-b
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Posted 7/25/2007 7:43 AM (GMT -6)

Hi folks. I'm new here and also new to the whole debate. Can anyone kindly point me to or perhaps offer their comments and critiques of Steven Roy's recent book which deals with the bibilcal data often cited in support of open theism? Being a novice, with a graduate degree in theology, I would appreciate your responses. So far I have only come across Craig Blomberg's postive review of Roy's book. Cheers, Chloe-b

chloe-b
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Posted 7/25/2007 7:45 AM (GMT -6)

Here is a link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Much-Does-Foreknow-Comprehensive/dp/0830827595/ref=sr_1_1/104-3267708-4071907?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185367474&sr=8-1

BBBCanada
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Posted 7/25/2007 5:25 PM (GMT -6)

You may want to check out this thread and the link that Alan Rhoda puts up in the first post. The thread and the link are philosophic in nature.

http://www.opentheismboard.org/default.aspx?f=7&m=56695

Brandon

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Tom
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Posted 7/25/2007 9:36 PM (GMT -6)

I read Steven's book in the course of my master's thesis (an open view of petitionary prayer). I only engaged those aspects of his book that touched on my thesis, but over all I thought Roy was thoughtful and honest. I don't think he presented anything new in the way of biblical or hermeneutical questions. He sized up the options and just chose. That's fine. We size them up and choose too. I don't think he really gets inside the open view or appreicates the differences among open theists on many biblical points. And of course, all in all I think he interpretation of the relevant passages is inaccurate. It would be hard to drag through the whole book here. It's not a small treatment. A lot there.

It's easier to take specific issues and look at them. Was there something specific Cloe-B?

Tom

feelinahole
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Posted 8/20/2007 11:47 AM (GMT -6)

I just bought the book, but I thought the quote of Roger Olsen on the book informative: "How Much Does God Foreknow? is a refreshingly irenic and erudite, if not completely convincing, critique of open theism?" Having experienced dialoging with Professor Olsen on another website and found him a wonderful person, I think his take is probably a good barameter of the book, given that he is not an open theist, but has been very kind toward it. Also the author wrote his PhD dissertation (which the book is based on) under the mentoring of Dr. Bruce Ware, a well known proponent of open theism (You know I'm only joking right?). That should raise some flags.
Still, I am looking forward to seeing what Roy has to say, considering this will be my first book I will have read since distancing myself from the label "open theism." We'll see...

Laika
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Posted 8/21/2007 7:25 AM (GMT -6)

feelinahole said...
I just bought the book, but I thought the quote of Roger Olsen on the book informative: "How Much Does God Foreknow? is a refreshingly irenic and erudite, if not completely convincing, critique of open theism?" Having experienced dialoging with Professor Olsen on another website and found him a wonderful person, I think his take is probably a good barameter of the book, given that he is not an open theist, but has been very kind toward it. Also the author wrote his PhD dissertation (which the book is based on) under the mentoring of Dr. Bruce Ware, a well known proponent of open theism (You know I'm only joking right?). That should raise some flags.
Still, I am looking forward to seeing what Roy has to say, considering this will be my first book I will have read since distancing myself from the label "open theism." We'll see...

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