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God Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents God
Contributor(s): Huffman, Douglas S. (Editor), Johnson, Eric L. (Editor), Geivett, R. Douglas (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0310232694     ISBN-13: 9780310232698
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
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Published: November 2002
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Annotation: God Never Changes
Or does he? God has been getting a makeover of late, a "reinvention" that has incited debate and troubled scholars and laypeople alike. Modern theological sectors as diverse as radical feminism and the new ?open theism? movement are attacking the classical Christian view of God and vigorously promoting their own images of Divinity.
God Under Fire refutes the claim that major attributes of the God of historic Christianity are false and outdated. This book responds to some increasingly popular alternate theologies and the ways in which they cast classical Christian theism in a negative light.
Featuring an impressive cast of world-class biblical scholars, philosophers, and apologists, God Under Fire begins by addressing the question, ?Should the God of Historic Christianity Be Replaced?? From there, it explores issues as old as time and as new as the inquest into the ?openness of God.? How, for instance, does God risk, relate, emote, and change? Does he do these things, and if so, why? These and other questions are investigated with clarity, bringing serious scholarship into popular reach.
Above all, this collection of essays focuses on the nature of God as presented in the Scriptures and as Christians have believed for centuries. God Under Fire builds a solid and appealing case for the God of classical Christian theism, who in recent years?as through the centuries?has been the God under fire.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General
- Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic
Dewey: 231
LCCN: 2002009297
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 325 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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God Never ChangesOr does he? God has been getting a makeover of late, a "reinvention" that has incited debate and troubled scholars and laypeople alike. Modern theological sectors as diverse as radical feminism and the new "open theism" movement are attacking the classical Christian view of God and vigorously promoting their own images of Divinity.God Under Fire refutes the claim that major attributes of the God of historic Christianity are false and outdated. This book responds to some increasingly popular alternate theologies and the ways in which they cast classical Christian theism in a negative light. Featuring an impressive cast of world-class biblical scholars, philosophers, and apologists, God Under Fire begins by addressing the question, "Should the God of Historic Christianity Be Replaced?" From there, it explores issues as old as time and as new as the inquest into the "openness of God." How, for instance, does God risk, relate, emote, and change? Does he do these things, and if so, why? These and other questions are investigated with clarity, bringing serious scholarship into popular reach.Above all, this collection of essays focuses on the nature of God as presented in the Scriptures and as Christians have believed for centuries. God Under Fire builds a solid and appealing case for the God of classical Christian theism, who in recent years--as through the centuries--has been the God under fire.

Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Eric L.: - Eric L. Johnson (PhD, Michigan State University) is an associate professor of personality and pastoral theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Johnson has written articles for the Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology, and the Journal of Evangelical Theological Society.Huffman, Douglas S.: -

Douglas S. Huffman (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor and Chair of Biblical and Theological Studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, California. Huffman is author of The Handy Guide for New Testament Greek and Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testament, and he is editor of Christian Contours.

Geivett, R. Douglas: - Doug Geivett is a professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Dr. Geivett served as the college pastor of a church in Washington and the Church of the Open Door in Southern California.Spiegel, James S.: - James Spiegel holds a PhD from Michigan State University and currently teaches philosophy at Taylor University. He is the author of several books, including the award-winning How to Be Good in a World Gone Bad. Spiegel is a frequent speaker at Christian colleges, conferences, churches, and on radio programs. He lives in Fairmount, Indiana, with his wife, Amy, and their four children, Bailey, Samuel, Magdalene, and Andrew.Craig, William Lane: - William Lane Craig (PhD, University of Birmingham, England) is research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University and lives in Marietta, GA.Carson, D. A.: -

D. A. Carson (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, where he has taught since 1978. He is co-founder (with Tim Keller) of the Gospel Coalition, and has written or edited nearly 60 books. He has served as a pastor and is an active guest lecturer in church and academic settings around the world.