{"product_id":"the-story-of-christian-theology-twenty-centuries-of-tradition-and-reform-9780830815050","title":"The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003eECPA Gold Medallion Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory is made up of stories--narratives that recount the events, movements, ideas and lives that have shaped religions and nations. Theologian Roger Olson believes that the history of Christian theology should be told as such a story, one replete with thick plots, exciting twists, interesting people and fascinating ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this panoramic work of historical theology Olson vividly recounts the deeds and words of the cultists and apostolic fathers of the second century, the clash between the theological schools of Alexandria and Antioch, the epochal division between East and West, the revolutionary advent of the Reformation and much more, right on up to the dazzling, sometimes dismaying fallout that has continued to shake Christians through the twentieth century. Through it all Olson detects and traces a common thread: a concern for salvation--God's redemptive activity in forgiving and transforming sinful human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvenhanded, refreshingly readable, impressive in its breadth and depth, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Christian Theology\u003c\/i\u003e is poised to become a standard historical theology text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger E. Olson (PhD, Rice University) is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition Reform, The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity Diversity\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also coauthor of \u003ci\u003e20th-Century Theology: God the World in a Transitional Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God\u003c\/i\u003e (both with Stanley J. Grenz), and of \u003ci\u003eThe Trinity\u003c\/i\u003e (with Christopher A. Hall).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523843723538,"sku":"9780830815050","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d776000a-9f90-4150-8a03-fd40d3958b1d.jpg?v=1731170041","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-of-christian-theology-twenty-centuries-of-tradition-and-reform-9780830815050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}