Do Pietists Need a Doctrine of Creation?: God’s World in the Baptist Tradition and Stanley J. Grenz

Abstract

The importance of robust doctrines of creation at this moment in history
cannot be overstated. This essay calls for a renewed attention to this aspect
of theology. Stanley Grenz, standing in the pietist tradition, exhibits a
characteristic tendency to underplay the theme. Although there are
important hints in his work of ‘creation as future’ this eschatological
framework is undeveloped. The essay calls for a more intentional ‘Baptist
catholicity’ which bears witness to the God’s redemption of creation.