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by: Stanley J. Grenz, Roger E. Olson
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.01
EAN: 9780830818785
ISBN: 0830818782
Label: InterVarsity Press
Manufacturer: InterVarsity Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 150
Publication Date: 1996-09
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Sales Rank: 110971
Studio: InterVarsity Press
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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.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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Rating:  - We need theology!
Grenz and Olson address the problems that students of theology face in the modern evangelical world in a way that is both engaging and informative. They address the concerns of those who believe that theology will destroy one's faith, that it creates more problems than anything else, and other concerns that a student of theology will often hear from well-meaning friends and family. They provide an intelligent response to those who hold these views and encourage those who do not. In many ways, ... Read More
Rating:  - Everyday theology
This is a great book for the layman. It presents Theology in a way that is understandable to the average person. It also presents it so that it is interesting and practical. I would reccommend this book to anyone wanting to know more about Biblical Theology.
Rating: - Every Christian's Responsibility is a 'Faith Seeking Understanding'
This is an excellent primer for every Christian to understand how to engage with the discipline of studying theology. This day and age, the Church has become practically irrelevant on so many levels because of the lack of both the leadership and the congregation in its consistent reflection on theology and how to approach it carefully.
Just like the other disciplines of the faith: prayer, fasting, tithing, meeting together as a body, devotional reading, studying the scriptures theologically ... Read More
Rating: - "What must we be, say, and do?"
One of the reasons I enrolled in seminary back in 1999 was to cure my theological ignorance. I was tired of being misled by autocratic pastors and high-sounding authors. After I began school, it didn't take long for me to see how naive I was about God. Although it raised all sorts of new questions, a seminary education was worth the time and money. That's because it forced me to continually ask myself the question used for this review's title, which Grenz and Olson claim is theology's fundamental query ... Read More
Rating: - Everyone Is a Theologian
This truly was a pleasure to read. It put into words the motivational factors I had for bring the study of theology into my church. Grenz and Olson lovingly invite any and everyone to rich discipline of "studying God" by delineating the following:
1. Everyone Is a Theologian
2. Not All Theologies Are Equal
3. Defining Theology
4. Defending Theology
5. Theology's Tasks & Traditions
6. The Theologian's Tools
7. Constructing Theology in Context
8. Bringing ... Read More
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