Preface
1. Biblical Support for a New Perspective - Richard Rice
2. Historical Considerations - John Sanders
3. Systematic Theology - Clark H. Pinnock
4. A Philosophical Perspective - William Hasker
5. Practical Implications - David Basinger
Notes
William Hasker (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is professor emeritus of philosophy at Huntington College in Huntington, Indiana. His books include Metaphysics: Constructing a World View; God, Time, and Knowledge; Reason and Religious Belief (with Michael Peterson, David Basinger and Bruce Reichenbach); The Openness of God (with Clark Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders and David Basinger); Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings (edited with Michael Peterson, David Basinger and Bruce Reichenbach); The Emergent Self; Middle Knowledge: Theory and Applications (edited with David Basinger and Eef Dekker) and Providence, Evil and the Openness of God.
Richard Rice is professor of religion at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. He is the author of several books, including God?s Foreknowledge and Man?s Free Will and Reason and the Contours of Faith.
Clark Pinnock was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Widely regarded as one of evangelicalism's most stimulating theologians, he produced several widely discussed books, including The Wideness of God's Mercy and (with four other scholars) The Openness of God. He passed away in August, 2010.
John Sanders (Th.D., University of South Africa) is professor of religion at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. He has edited and written several books, including No Other Name: An Investigation into the Destiny of the Unevangelized. Three of his previous book projects have received a Christianity Today Book Award.
David Basinger is professor of philosophy and ethics at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York. He is the author of Divine Power in Process Theism (SUNY) and joint author of the books Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Oxford) and Religious Diversity: A Philosophical Assessment (Ashgate).
"What nonbelievers reject is often not God, but the caricature of
God that theologians have synthesized over the centuries. A faith
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real world. These authors masterfully retrace how that caricature
was drawn, show where its distortions lie and offer a sound
alternative to it."
*John Boykin, author of The Gospel of Coincidence: Is God in
Control?*
"Almost five centuries ago, Christians thrilled at the recovery of
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theologians make him to be. The Openness of God signals a new
openness of his people toward the God who has never ceased being
open to them."
*Gilbert Bilezikian, professor emeritus, Wheaton College*
"The Openness of God presents a comprehensive case for a relational
model of the biblical God. It is written collaboratively by a team
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insight that will enrich every careful reader."
*David K. Clark, Bethel Theologcal Seminary*
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