{"product_id":"the-moral-quest-twenty-centuries-of-tradition-reform-9780830815685","title":"The Moral Quest: Twenty Centuries of Tradition \u0026 Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is ethics? Why should Christians care?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with these basic questions, Stanley Grenz masterfully leads his readers into a theological engagement with moral inquiry. In \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Quest\u003c\/i\u003e he sets forth the basics of ethics, considers the role and methods of Christian ethics in particular, and examines the ethical approaches of the Old Testament, the Gospels and Paul. He introduces the foundational theological ethics of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Luther and the Reformers. And he concludes with an evenhanded discussion of modern and contemporary Christian ethicists, including Albert Ritschl, Walter Rauschenbusch, Karl Barth, James Gustafson, Paul Ramsey, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr., Gustavo Gutiérrez, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Stanley Hauerwas, Carl F. H. Henry and Oliver O'Donovan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, concise, and well apprised of relevant literature, Grenz (a theologian recognized for the excellence of his own theological and ethical work) provides in this book a first-rate introduction to Christian ethics. The Moral Quest will well serve students, pastors and interested laypersons alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329976865042,"sku":"9780830815685","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21a39020-d791-4b57-be38-f1713fd22a59.jpg?v=1727788002","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-moral-quest-twenty-centuries-of-tradition-reform-9780830815685","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}