Kevin W. Mannoia, Past President, National Association of Evangelicals, Founder of the Wesleyan Holiness Connection –
I love the premise of this work. It expresses an optimism of integrative thinking that’s growing rapidly among thoughtfully engaged young Christian people who see the need for love and reason, both at their best and consciously impacting today’s culture. The possible critical reaction of more propositionally-minded folks might be that this is “soft” theology. Perhaps such a judgment should be worn as a Jesus-endorsed badge of honor. It really is time to think again!
Steve Hoskins, Trevecca Nazarene University, Wesleyan Theological Society –
This careful analysis of Christian faith today is very characteristic of the many university students I teach these days. It’s very biblical, fitting for our times in general, and urgently needed. There’s important promise in this writing!
Laurence W. Wood, Frank Paul Morris Professor of Systematic Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, Retired –
Barry Callen offers a way to think again about the meaning of theology for the contemporary world. He calls for a carefully considered faith that entails an enriched reason that is beyond reason. He pleads for contemporary Christians to develop a perspective on how to think and believe again in the highly secularized West. He argues that it is time in the postmodern world for Christianity to show that it reflects a rational foundation in real history and an emotional intelligence that is transrational (not irrational). He argues that it is important to spell out the implications of postmodernism for the Christian gospel so that the new generations can understand. Callen reminds us that the gospel of Jesus Christ has managed to speak to the longings of people in every previous generation, and the demand for thinking and speaking clearly in the postmodern world is a pressing task for Christianity today.
Kevin W. Mannoia, Past President, National Association of Evangelicals, Founder of the Wesleyan Holiness Connection –
I love the premise of this work. It expresses an optimism of integrative thinking that’s growing rapidly among thoughtfully engaged young Christian people who see the need for love and reason, both at their best and consciously impacting today’s culture. The possible critical reaction of more propositionally-minded folks might be that this is “soft” theology. Perhaps such a judgment should be worn as a Jesus-endorsed badge of honor. It really is time to think again!
Steve Hoskins, Trevecca Nazarene University, Wesleyan Theological Society –
This careful analysis of Christian faith today is very characteristic of the many university students I teach these days. It’s very biblical, fitting for our times in general, and urgently needed. There’s important promise in this writing!
Laurence W. Wood, Frank Paul Morris Professor of Systematic Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, Retired –
Barry Callen offers a way to think again about the meaning of theology for the contemporary world. He calls for a carefully considered faith that entails an enriched reason that is beyond reason. He pleads for contemporary Christians to develop a perspective on how to think and believe again in the highly secularized West. He argues that it is time in the postmodern world for Christianity to show that it reflects a rational foundation in real history and an emotional intelligence that is transrational (not irrational). He argues that it is important to spell out the implications of postmodernism for the Christian gospel so that the new generations can understand. Callen reminds us that the gospel of Jesus Christ has managed to speak to the longings of people in every previous generation, and the demand for thinking and speaking clearly in the postmodern world is a pressing task for Christianity today.