About the Author:
Integrating theology and spirituality with cultural sensitivity is at the center of Dr. Metzger's vision and vocation. Dr. Metzger is Professor of Christian Theology and Theology of Culture at Multnomah Biblical Seminary of Multnomah University where he also directs The Institute for the Theology of Culture: New Wine, New Wineskins. He has been active in intercultural work in the States, Japan, and England.Dr. Metzger is the author of Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (forthcoming with Thomas Nelson, 2012); New Wine Tastings: Theological Essays of Cultural Engagement (Cascade, 2011); The Gospel of John: When Love Comes to Town (InterVarsity Press, 2010); Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction (co-authored with Brad Harper; Brazos, 2009); Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church (Eerdmans, 2007); and The Word of Christ and the World of Culture: Sacred and Secular through the Theology of Karl Barth (Eerdmans, 2003). He is co-editor of A World for All?: Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-edited with William F. Storrar and Peter J. Casarella; Eerdmans, 2011); editor of Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology (T&T Clark International, 2005), and editor of Cultural Encounters: a Journal for the Theology of Culture. Dr. Metzger is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, and has developed a strategic ministry partnership with Dr. John M. Perkins titled, "Drum Majors for Love, Truth and Justice.". He is married with two children. Dr. Metzger has a keen interest in the art of Katsushika Hokusai and Georges Rouault and in the writings of John Steinbeck.
Review:
'This is essential reading for pastors, academics, and interested others who are looking for an accessible yet profound survey of Trinitarian options in systematic theology.'- Pacific Journal of Baptist Research, vol.2 no.2, October 2006 (Myk Habets, Carey Baptist College)
Reviewed by Mark S M Scott in Theological Review vol.19 no.2 2007
'These fine essays, written by his friends, colleagues, and former students, make a fitting tribute to the late Colin Gunton, to whom they are dedicated. Each chapter examines a particular doctrine through a Trinitarian perspective; together, they comprise a sort of Trinitarian Summa that challenges Christian theologians to understand every aspect of the faith in the light of the God who is Father, Son, and Spirit. In so doing, they effectively demonstrate why the return of Trinitarian thinking and the renaissance of systematic theology in the English-speaking world is no coincidence.'
- Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
'This stimulating collection of papers on the ramifications of what Colin Gunton regarded as the doctrine of all doctrines -- the doctrine of the Trinity -- demonstrates how widely his influence extended, both through his writing and through personal friendship, for English theology in the last twenty years would not have been what it is without his presence. Fresh and vivid theological work of this kind is the most fitting testimony to a theologian of the first rank.'
- John Webster
Mention --Theology Digest, Summer 2006
'read as a celebration of Professor Gunton's theological achievement, Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology is entirely successful.'
- Donald Wood, Theology
'this collection will rightly be welcomed by all those interested in the revival of Trinitarian thought in contemporary dogmatics and especially by Colin Gunton's many friends and admirers. It is, as Robert Jenson notes, a book he would have loved to read.'
- Donald Wood, Theology
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