{"product_id":"who-needs-theology-an-invitation-to-the-study-of-god-9780830818785","title":"Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley J. Grenz\u003c\/b\u003e (1950-2005) taught theology at Carey\/Regent College for many years. He wrote twenty-five books, including \u003ci\u003eRediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology, The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei, The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics, Revisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical Options\u003c\/i\u003e (IVP).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger E. Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Ph.D., 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 and Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Westminster Handbook to Evangelical Theology.\u003c\/i\u003e Together they wrote \u003ci\u003e20th-Century Theology: God the World in a Transitional Age.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523844346130,"sku":"9780830818785","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82d9ca62-7421-4522-91c7-57c2495b9923.jpg?v=1731170046","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-needs-theology-an-invitation-to-the-study-of-god-9780830818785","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}