Relational Theology

A growing number of Christians feel drawn to relational theology. The God of the Bible seems thoroughly relational, and we are increasingly aware of our own interrelatedness with others. Contributors to this volume tease out some implications of relational theology in light of a host of issues, doctrines, and agendas. The result is a must-read collection of essays with proposals sure to be the center of conversations for decades to come!

Brint Montgomery is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Thomas Jay Oord is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho. Karen Strand Winslow is Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Free Methodist Center at the Graduate School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California.

Thomas Jay Oord is a theologian, philosopher, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books and professor at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love, relational theology, science and religion, Wesleyan/Holiness/Church of the Nazarene thought and Evangelical theology. Oord serves in various consulting and administrative roles for academic institutions, scholarly projects, and research teams. He and his wife, Cheryl, have three daughters. Visit his blog at thomasjayoord.com


Karen S. Winslow (PhD, University of Washington) is Professor of Biblical Studies, Chair of the Biblical Studies Department, and Director of the Masters of Arts in Theological Studies at Azusa Pacific Seminary in Azusa, CA. Her research interests include Biblical and Jewish Studies, Women in Judaism and Christianity, Science and Theology, and the Sociology of Religion. She wrote commentary on 1-2 Kings for the New Beacon Bible Commentary series (forthcoming). Her chapter, "Recovering Redemption for Women: Feminist Exegesis in North American Evangelicalism," was published in Volume 2 of Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Retrospect edited by Susanne Scholz, Alan Hauser, and Rachel Magdalene (2014). Among her other publications are: Early Jewish and Christian Memories of Moses' Wives: Exogamist Marriage and Ethnic Identity (2005); "Moses' Cushite Marriage: Torah, Artapanus, and Josephus," and "Mixed Marriage in Torah Narratives," in Mixed Marriages, Intermarriage, and Group Identity in the Second Temple Period (2011). She is editor of Relational Theology: Issues and Implications with Thomas J. Oord and Brint Montgomery (Wipf and Stock, 2013), and associate editor of Global Wesleyan Theological Dictionary (2013).