Stanley 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.
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.
Grenz wrote or cowrote twenty-five books, the most recent of which
is Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary
Theology (2004). His other books include The Social God and the
Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei
(Westminster John Knox), Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology
in a Postmodern Context (with John R. Franke; Westminster John
Knox), The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics (IVP), A
Primer on Postmodernism (Eerdmans), Women in the Church: A Biblical
Theology of Women in Ministry (with Denise Muir Kjesbo; IVP),
Revisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st
Century (IVP), and The Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical
Options (IVP). He has also coauthored several shorter reference and
introductory books for IVP, including Who Needs Theology? An
Invitation to the Study of God (with Roger E. Olson), Pocket
Dictionary of Ethics (with Jay T. Smith), and Pocket Dictionary of
Theological Terms (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 Christianity
Today, The Christian Century, Christian Scholar's Review, Theology
Today and the Journal of Ecumenical Studies.
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.
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