Reformed and always reforming
Subtitle: the postconservative approach to evangelical theology
By: Roger E. Olson.
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780801031694
Description: The community of evangelicals sometimes seems so broad as to defy definition, but theological conservatism has been one consistent marker. Now, says theologian Roger Olson, postconservatism is moving beyond conventional battles against liberalism and heresy to posit a dynamic and realistic approach. While conservatives strive to preserve tradition and protect orthodoxy, postconservatives urge openness to doctrinal reform without abandoning orthodoxy. Where differences exist between doctrine and Scripture, doctrine must be brought into conformity with the Word. Postconservatives want to free evangelical theology from its paradoxical captivity to rationalism and its obsession with "facts" so that it may recognize truth in experience and personal knowledge. --From publisher's description.