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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=The Creative Suffering of God. By Paul S. Fiddes. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988. Pp. 281. £29.50 |journal=Scottish Journal of Theology |place |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Metaphysics and the Idea of God . Wolfhart Pannenberg , Philip Clayton |journal=The Journal of Religion |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Metaphysics and the Idea of God . Wolfhart Pannenberg , Philip Clayton |journal=The Journal of Religion |place= |volume=72 |issue=2 |year=1992 |pages=285–286|doi=10.1086/488878 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Whales and Elephants Both God's Creatures but can They Meet?: Evangelicals and Liberals in Dialogue |journal=Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Whales and Elephants Both God's Creatures but can They Meet?: Evangelicals and Liberals in Dialogue |journal=Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology |place= |volume=72 |issue=2 |year=1995 |pages=165–189}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |last2=Fackre |first2=Gabriel |title=FEATURES - Evangelical essentials? Reservations and reminders - Summing up the gospel |journal=The Christian |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |last2=Fackre |first2=Gabriel |title=FEATURES - Evangelical essentials? Reservations and reminders - Summing up the gospel |journal=The Christian Century. |place=Chicago |publisher=Christian Century Co. |volume=116 |issue=23 |year=1999 |pages=816}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology Without Weapons. By Gary Dorrien. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. Pp. 239. $29.95. |journal=Scottish Journal of Theology |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology Without Weapons. By Gary Dorrien. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. Pp. 239. $29.95. |journal=Scottish Journal of Theology |place= |volume=54 |issue=2 |year=2001 |pages=260–263|doi=10.1017/S0036930600051498 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=BOOK NOTES - The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform |journal=Theology |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=BOOK NOTES - The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform |journal=Theology Today |place=Princeton, N.J |publisher=[s.n., 1944- |volume=58 |issue=2 |year=2001 |pages=276}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |last2=Augsburger |first2=Daniel |title=BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES - The Story of Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform |journal=Church |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |last2=Augsburger |first2=Daniel |title=BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES - The Story of Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform |journal=Church History |place=[Chicago, etc.] |publisher=American Society of Church History |volume=71 |issue=2 |year=2002 |pages=446}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Tensions in Evangelical Theology |journal= Dialog: A Journal of Theology |place= |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |volume=42 |issue=1 |year=2003 |pages= |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Tensions in Evangelical Theology |journal= Dialog: A Journal of Theology |place= |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |volume=42 |issue=1 |year=2003 |pages=76–85}} |
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*{{cite web |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/november/2.52.html/ |title=The Tradition Temptation |year=2003 |website=Christianity Today |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
*{{cite web |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/november/2.52.html/ |title=The Tradition Temptation |year=2003 |website=Christianity Today |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Christology: A Global Introduction By Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2003. 300 pp. $21.99 |journal=Theology |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Christology: A Global Introduction By Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2003. 300 pp. $21.99 |journal=Theology Today |place=[Princeton, N.J] |volume=60 |issue=4 |year=2004 |pages=580–581|doi=10.1177/004057360406000422 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Alan P. F. Sell, Confessing and Commending the Faith: Historic Witness and Apologetic Method (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002), pp. 550 |journal=Scottish Journal of Theology |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Alan P. F. Sell, Confessing and Commending the Faith: Historic Witness and Apologetic Method (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002), pp. 550 |journal=Scottish Journal of Theology |place= |volume=58 |issue=3 |year=2005 |pages=358|doi=10.1017/S0036930605241558 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=PENTECOSTALISM - Pentecostalism's dark side - Suspicions and scandals |journal=The Christian |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=PENTECOSTALISM - Pentecostalism's dark side - Suspicions and scandals |journal=The Christian Century |place=Chicago |publisher=Christian Century Co. |volume=123 |issue=5 |year=2006 |pages=276}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Deification in Contemporary Theology |journal=Theology |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Deification in Contemporary Theology |journal=Theology Today |place=[Princeton, N.J] |volume=64 |issue=2 |year=2007 |pages=186–200|doi=10.1177/004057360706400205 }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title='Theology' after 'God' - A conversation |journal=The Christian |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title='Theology' after 'God' - A conversation |journal=The Christian Century |place=Chicago |publisher=Christian Century Co. |volume=36 |issue=25 |year=2009 |pages=32}} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Predestination: The American Career of A Contentious Doctrine - By Peter J. Thuesen |journal=Religious Studies Review |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Predestination: The American Career of A Contentious Doctrine - By Peter J. Thuesen |journal=Religious Studies Review |place= |volume=38 |issue=2 |year=2012 |pages=81–82|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01596_31.x }} |
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*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Pietism and Pentecostalism: Spiritual Cousins or Competitors? |journal= Pneuma |place |
*{{cite journal |language=en |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=Pietism and Pentecostalism: Spiritual Cousins or Competitors? |journal= Pneuma |place= |volume=34 |issue=3 |year=2012 |pages=319–344|doi=10.1163/15700747-12341235 }} |
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*{{cite web|language=en|ref=harv|last=Olson|first=Roger E.|title=Open theism: a test case for evangelicals|website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings|date=2010b|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2010/08/open-theism-a-test-case-for-evangelicals/|access-date=2019-08-27}} |
*{{cite web|language=en|ref=harv|last=Olson|first=Roger E.|title=Open theism: a test case for evangelicals|website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings|date=2010b|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2010/08/open-theism-a-test-case-for-evangelicals/|access-date=2019-08-27}} |
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*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Diversity of Calvinism/Reformed theology |website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings |date=2010c |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2010/08/diversity-of-calvinismreformed-theology/ |access-date=2019-08-13 }} |
*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Diversity of Calvinism/Reformed theology |website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings |date=2010c |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2010/08/diversity-of-calvinismreformed-theology/ |access-date=2019-08-13 }} |
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*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title= |
*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=What's Wrong with Calvinism? |website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings |date=2013 |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2013/03/whats-wrong-with-calvinism/ |access-date=2018-09-27 }} |
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*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Arminianism Is Grace-Centered Theology |website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings |date=2017 |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2017/09/arminianism-grace-centered-theology/ |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Arminianism Is Grace-Centered Theology |website=My evangelical, Arminian theological musings |date=2017 |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2017/09/arminianism-grace-centered-theology/ |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
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*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Curriculum vitae |website=Baylor University |date=2018a |url=https://www.baylor.edu/truett/doc.php/326802.pdf |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
*{{cite web |language=en |ref=harv |last=Olson |first=Roger E. |title=Curriculum vitae |website=Baylor University |date=2018a |url=https://www.baylor.edu/truett/doc.php/326802.pdf |access-date=2019-08-27 }} |
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Roger E. Olson | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
Education | Ph.D. Rice University, |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Author |
Church | Calvary Baptist Church, Waco, Texas |
Offices held | Evangelical Theology Group of the American Academy of Religion |
Title | co-chair |
Website | www |
Roger E. Olson (born in 1952) is an American Baptist Theologian and Professor of Christian Theology of Ethics at the Baylor University.
Biography
Olson was born on 2nd of February 1952 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Olson studied at Open Bible College in Des Moines, North American Baptist Seminary, and Rice University, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Religious Studies in 1984. He is also an ordained Baptist minister.[1]
He is married and together with his wife, they have two daughters and one granddaughter. He is member of Calvary Baptist Church in Waco.[2]
Since 1999, he has been Holder of the Foy Valentine Professor of Christian Theology of Ethics at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University, Waco, Texas.[1]
Theological Contribution
Advocacy of Arminianism
Olson is known for his Classical Arminian theological stance.[3] He has written several books including Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities (2006)[4] and Against Calvinism (2011)[5] in which he defined and defended his vision of Arminianism.
Olson fundamentally defines Arminianism by God's "limited" mode of providence and by God's "predestination by foreknowledge" mode of election,[6] expressed another way :
"“Arminianism,” [...] is simply a term we use in theology for the view, held by some people before Arminius and many after him, that sinners who hear the gospel have the free will to accept or reject God’s offer of saving grace and that nobody is excluded by God from the possibility of salvation except those who freely exclude themselves.[7]
According to him, adherence to Classical Arminianism is fundamentally defined by being classically Protestant, affirming total depravity, conditional election, unlimited atonement, prevenient grace, and that God is in no way, and by no means the author of sin and evil but that these are only permitted by him.[8] It can be noted that Olson definition sticks literally to the opinion expressed for instance in the Five articles of remonstrance (1610), concerning the question of conditional preservation of the saints, which was left unsettled at this time.
For Olson, "Classical Arminianism" as defined is centered on God's Grace.[7]
Olson also refers to "Classic Arminianism" as "evangelical synergism":[9] "Synergism" referring to cooperation between God and creature (through prevenient grâce)[10] and "evangelical" to distinguish it from Catholic or Easter Orthodox synergism.[11] This is "because Arminius’ beliefs did not begin with him. For example, Anabaptist theologian Balthasar Hubmaier promoted much the same view nearly a century before Arminius".[10]
Olson says that the first principle of Arminianism is "Jesus Christ as the full and perfect revelation of the character of God".[12] This principle has a particular significance within the Calvinism-Armininian debate, where the character of God (and especially his love) as revealed by Jesus-Christ, is for Olson, better represented by the Arminian view:
"Basic to Arminianism is God’s love. The fundamental conflict between Calvinism and Arminianism is not sovereignty but God’s character. If Calvinism is true, God is the author of sin, evil, innocent suffering and hell. [...] Let me repeat. The most basic issue is not providence or predestination or the sovereignty of God. The most basic issue is God’s character."[13]
Olson says that, as a consequence of this point, Arminians only believe in libertarian free will to avoid making God the author of sin and evil, and because it is an experienced reality necessary for responsibility :
"Classical Arminianism does NOT say God never interferes with free will. It says God NEVER foreordains or renders certain evil. [...] An Arminian COULD believe in divine dictation of Scripture and not do violence to his or her Arminian beliefs. [...] Arminianism is not in love with libertarian free will –as if that were central in and of itself."[14]
Theology history and analysis
Olson wrote a popular and widely acclaimed survey of Christian theology titled The Story of Christian Theology (1999).[15]
He is noted for a broad view of what constitutes Protestant "orthodoxy." For example, on annihilationism he commented that some evangelical theologians have "resurrected the old polemical labels of heresy and aberrational teaching" in order to marginalize other evangelicals holding the view The mosaic of Christian belief, (2002).[16]
Olson is one of the writers who sees two "loose coalitions" developing in evangelical theology.[17]
Olson coined the label "Pannenberg's Principle" for Wolfhart Pannenberg's argument (1969) that God's deity is his rule - "The divinity of God and the reign of God in the world are inseparable."[18]
He was the editor and author of the Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 14th edition (2018).[19]
Bibliography
Books
- Olson, Roger E. (1984). Trinity and eschatology : the historical being of God in the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg (Ph. D). Houston, TX: Rice University.
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(help) - Grenz, Stanley J.; Olson, Roger E. (1992). 20th-Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Grenz, Stanley J.; Olson, Roger E. (1996). Who Needs Theology?: An Invitation to the Study of God's Word. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (1999). The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2002). The Mosaic of Christian Beliefs: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E.; Hall, Christopher A. (2002). The Trinity. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2004). The Westminster handbook to evangelical theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E.; English, Adam C. (2005). Pocket History of Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2005). The SCM Press A-Z of evangelical theology. London: SCM.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2006). Arminian Theology: Myths And Realities. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2007). Pocket history of evangelical theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2007). Reformed and always reforming : the postconservative approach to evangelical theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2007). Questions to all your answers : a journey from folk religion to examined faith. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2008). How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2009). Finding God in The shack : seeking truth in a story of evil and redemption. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2009). God in Dispute: "Conversations" among Great Christian Thinkers. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2011). Against Calvinism. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2013). The Journey of Modern Theology: From Reconstruction to Deconstruction. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2014). Arminianism FAQ: Everything You Always Wanted to Know. [Franklin, TE]: Seedbed Publishing.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E.; Collins Winn, Christian T. (2015). Reclaiming pietism : retrieving an evangelical tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2015). Counterfeit Christianity : the persistence of errors in the church. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E. (2017). The Essence of Christian Thought : Seeing Reality Through the Biblical Story. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
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(help) - Olson, Roger E.; Mead, Franck S. (2018b). Handbook of denominations in the United States (14th ed.). Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
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Articles
- Olson, Roger E. (1990). "The Creative Suffering of God. By Paul S. Fiddes. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988. Pp. 281. £29.50". Scottish Journal of Theology. 43 (1): 114–115. doi:10.1017/S0036930600039727.
- Olson, Roger E. (1992). "Metaphysics and the Idea of God . Wolfhart Pannenberg , Philip Clayton". The Journal of Religion. 72 (2): 285–286. doi:10.1086/488878.
- Olson, Roger E. (1995). "Whales and Elephants Both God's Creatures but can They Meet?: Evangelicals and Liberals in Dialogue". Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology. 72 (2): 165–189.
- Olson, Roger E.; Fackre, Gabriel (1999). "FEATURES - Evangelical essentials? Reservations and reminders - Summing up the gospel". The Christian Century. 116 (23). Chicago: Christian Century Co.: 816.
- Olson, Roger E. (2001). "The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology Without Weapons. By Gary Dorrien. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999. Pp. 239. $29.95". Scottish Journal of Theology. 54 (2): 260–263. doi:10.1017/S0036930600051498.
- Olson, Roger E. (2001). "BOOK NOTES - The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform". Theology Today. 58 (2). Princeton, N.J: [s.n., 1944-: 276.
- Olson, Roger E.; Augsburger, Daniel (2002). "BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES - The Story of Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform". Church History. 71 (2). [Chicago, etc.]: American Society of Church History: 446.
- Olson, Roger E. (2003). "Tensions in Evangelical Theology". Dialog: A Journal of Theology. 42 (1). Blackwell Publishing: 76–85.
- Olson, Roger E. (2003). "The Tradition Temptation". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- Olson, Roger E. (2004). "Christology: A Global Introduction By Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen Grand Rapids, Baker Academic, 2003. 300 pp. $21.99". Theology Today. 60 (4). [Princeton, N.J]: 580–581. doi:10.1177/004057360406000422.
- Olson, Roger E. (2005). "Alan P. F. Sell, Confessing and Commending the Faith: Historic Witness and Apologetic Method (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2002), pp. 550". Scottish Journal of Theology. 58 (3): 358. doi:10.1017/S0036930605241558.
- Olson, Roger E. (2006). "PENTECOSTALISM - Pentecostalism's dark side - Suspicions and scandals". The Christian Century. 123 (5). Chicago: Christian Century Co.: 276.
- Olson, Roger E. (2007). "Deification in Contemporary Theology". Theology Today. 64 (2). [Princeton, N.J]: 186–200. doi:10.1177/004057360706400205.
- Olson, Roger E. (2009). "'Theology' after 'God' - A conversation". The Christian Century. 36 (25). Chicago: Christian Century Co.: 32.
- Olson, Roger E. (2012). "Predestination: The American Career of A Contentious Doctrine - By Peter J. Thuesen". Religious Studies Review. 38 (2): 81–82. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01596_31.x.
- Olson, Roger E. (2012). "Pietism and Pentecostalism: Spiritual Cousins or Competitors?". Pneuma. 34 (3): 319–344. doi:10.1163/15700747-12341235.
Notes and references
Citations
- ^ a b Olson 2018a, p. 1.
- ^ Olson 2018a, p. 2.
- ^ Olson 2010b. "I [...] have always identified myself as a classical Arminian."
- ^ Olson 2006. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOlson2006 (help)
- ^ Olson 2011.
- ^ Olson 2018c. "What is Arminianism? A) Belief that God limits himself to give human beings free will to go against his perfect will so that God did not design or ordain sin and evil (or their consequences such as innocent suffering); B) Belief that, although sinners cannot achieve salvation on their own, without “prevenient grace” (enabling grace), God makes salvation possible for all through Jesus Christ and offers free salvation to all through the gospel. “A” is called “limited providence,” “B” is called “predestination by foreknowledge.”"
- ^ a b Olson 2017. "“Arminianism,” [...] is simply a term we use in theology for the view, held by some people before Arminius and many after him, that sinners who hear the gospel have the free will to accept or reject God’s offer of saving grace and that nobody is excluded by God from the possibility of salvation except those who freely exclude themselves. But true, historical, classical Arminianism includes the belief that this free will is itself a gift of God through prevenient grace; it is not a natural ability every person has of himself or herself. All people have free will to do many things, but free will to repent and believe unto salvation is always a gift of God’s grace." sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOlson2017 (help)
- ^ Olson 2014, p. 21. [...] in my mind, any person is an Arminian who: 1) is classically Protestant, 2) affirms total depravity (in the sense of helplessness to save himself or contribute meritoriously to his salvation such that a sinner is totally dependent on prevenient grace for even the first movement of the will toward God), 3) affirms conditional election and predestination based on foreknowledge, 4) affirms universal atonement, 5) affirms that grace is always resistible, and 6) affirms that God is in no way and by no means the author of sin and evil but affirms that these are only permitted by God’s consequent will.
- ^ Olson 2006, p. 18. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOlson2006 (help)
- ^ a b Olson 2014, p. 1.
- ^ Olson 2010c.
- ^ Olson 2014, p. 11.
- ^ Olson 2013. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFOlson2013 (help)
- ^ Olson 2010a. "Classical Arminianism does NOT say God never interferes with free will. It says God NEVER foreordains or renders certain evil. [...] An Arminian COULD believe in divine dictation of Scripture and not do violence to his or her Arminian beliefs. [...] Arminianism is not in love with libertarian free will –as if that were central in and of itself. Classical Arminians have gone out of our way (beginning with Arminius himself) to make clear that our sole reasons for believe in free will AS ARMINIANS [...] are 1) to avoid making God the author of sin and evil, and 2) to make clear human responsibility for sin and evil."
- ^ Olson 2018a, p. 22. Award for best book in theology/ethics for 1999, Christianity Today, April, 2000. “Gold Medallion Award”, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, June, 2000. Award for “Best Book in Theology/Doctrine” for 2001, Christian Publishers Association of Brazil, April, 2002
- ^ Knight 2003, p. 473. "In a similar vein, Roger E. Olson has pointed out that "many conservative evangelical theologians have resurrected the old polemical labels of heresy and aberrational teaching to marginalize those evangelicals who would dare to embrace a belief that was once relegated to the sectarian margins of Protestantism. This hardly seems like a valuable expenditure of time and energy. Annihilationism does not strike at the heart of the gospel or even deny any major Christian belief; it is simply a reinterpretation of hell."
- ^ Toulouse 2006, p. 241. "Roger E. Olson has developed the discussion of these two "loose coalitions" in "The Future of Evangelical Theology," Christianity Today (hereafter CT) (February 9, 1998): 40-48. He offers Edward Veith's Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide."
- ^ Grenz 2001, p. 49. "[...] to cite his own poignant statement, which Roger E. Olson has labeled "Pannenberg's Principle""
- ^ Olson & Mead 2018b.
Sources
- Grenz, Stanley James (2001). The social God and the relational self : a trinitarian theology of the imago dei 7. Berrien Springs, MI: Westminster John Knox Press.
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