Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God

Author Bio: Stanley J. Grenz

Stanley J. Grenz (1950–2005) earned a BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, an MDiv from Denver Seminary, and a DTheol from the University of Munich in Germany. Ordained into the gospel ministry, he worked within the local church as a youth director, assistant pastor, pastor, and interim pastor. In addition, he preached and lectured in numerous churches, colleges, universities, and seminaries in North America, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. He wrote or cowrote twenty-five books before his death. He also coauthored several shorter reference and introductory books for IVP, contributed articles to more than two dozen other volumes, and published more than one hundred essays and eighty book reviews. These have appeared in journals such as Christianity Today, Christian Century, Christian Scholar’s Review, Theology Today, and Journal of Ecumenical Studies.