Preface: Stanley Grenz and Baptist Theology

Abstract

Stanley Grenz (1950-2005) was without question one of the key participants in the theological conversations of the last 25 years. His works appear on college course bibliographies the world over. Students and theological colleagues from many traditions owe him much and mourn his untimely removal from the field.1 His prolific output generated contributions to theological method, ethics, historical theology and debates on the nature and impact of postmodernism. He was an incisive interpreter of theologians as diverse as Isaac Backus and Wolfhart Pannenberg. Responses ranging from profound admiration to dismissive criticism demonstrate his importance as a lively protagonist in the contested ground of the nature and future of evangelicalism.