Roderick T. Leupp

Reviewed by Roderick T. Leupp, pastor of the Wann, Oklahoma, United Methodist Church.

Articles by Roderick T. Leupp

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The Social God and the Relational Self, by Stanley J. Grenz

Nov 06, 2002 reviewed by Roderick T. Leupp

Stanley J. Grenz, a prolific Baptist theologian and ethicist, has launched what may be the most ambitious project in the current revival of trinitarian theology: his six-volume Matrix of Christian Theology. Grenz's initial volume might be expected to tread the familiar ground of theology "properly so-called," either dealing with the doctrine of God or theological method.

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Knowing the Triune God, edited by James J. Buckley

Aug 28, 2002 reviewed by Roderick T. Leupp

Although she did not intend it to be, Sallie McFague's 1987 book Models of God could be read as a work of trinitarian theology. God as Mother, God as Lover and God as Friend, the models McFague develops, together carry trinitarian weight and power, if not the ontological strength needed to bring these three into One.

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Trinity, Time, and Church, edited by Colin E. Gunton

Jan 30, 2002 reviewed by Roderick T. Leupp

By any measure--longevity, productivity, respect, acuity--Robert W. Jenson is a great theologian. His two recent volumes of systematic theology, marked by lyric beauty and dialectic power, will be read long after the current revival of the genre has ended.

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New Creation, by Frank C. Senn

Oct 24, 2001 reviewed by Roderick T. Leupp

Anyone who uses the word "worldview" in a book title had better be prepared to deliver. Frank C.

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