The Trinitarian Theology of Stanley J. Grenz

Contributes to helping readers understand the relationship of Grenz to contemporary trinitarian and evangelical theology

Jason S. Sexton is Research Associate with the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USA.

Introduction /1. Evangelical Trinitarian Revisioning /2. Pannenberg and Grenz (1): The Origin of Stanley J. Grenz's Trinitarian Methodology /3. Pannenberg and Grenz (2): The Origin of Stanley J. Grenz's Trinitarian Theology /4. Discovering the Divine Community: The Early Developing Shape of Stanley J. Grenz's Doctrine of the Trinity /5. Rediscovering the Triune God: The Latter Shape of Stanley J. Grenz's Doctrine of the Trinity /6. Grenz and the Imago Dei: The Trinitarian Shape of Stanley J. Grenz's Theology /7. Grenz and Comprehensive Love: The Trinitarian Shape of Stanley J. Grenz's Ethic/s /8. Conclusion: Evangelical Theology's Reception of Grenz's Trinitarian Project / Bibliography / Index

A valuable contribution to the re-evaluation of Stanley Grenz's work and a worthwhile read for those reflective ministers wanting to think about how Trinitarian theology interacts with the world, ministry and mission.
Jason S. Sexton's patient attention to the Trinitarian theology of Stanley Grenz offers many rewards. It should be read with special interest by those who have labeled Grenz "post-evangelical", by those who think that evangelicals in general have neglected the Trinity, but most importantly by all those who recognize Trinitarian theology as foundational for the whole of Christian theology.
This stands out as a clear and comprehensive study. Sexton illuminates the strengths and continuing contribution of Grenz's theology by attending closely to its development and drawing perceptively on unpublished material.
All those interested in the thought of Stanley J. Grenz and its significance for Christian witness will profit from reading this carefully researched volume.

An exhaustive examination of controversial theologian Stanley Grenz. Sexton examines how Grenz's Trinitarian perspective informed his theology and ethics, concluding that Grenz was not only a deeply conservative and thoroughly Trinitarian evangelical theologian, but that he was also arguably the premier evangelical theologian of his generation.