Who Needs Theology?
An Invitation to the Study of God

In Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God (1996), Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson advocate for practicing theology by non-theologians. Grenz and Olson, both professional theologians, explain theology in an accessible way to convince their readers of the benefits of theological kno......more

This book was a little dry and stacked full of Peanuts comic strip stories. It essentially goes over the idea that we are ALL theolgians, but are you a good one? It talks about the often negative phrases that come with studying theology such as "you don't want to go too deep or you will lose your fa......more

Spoiler alert: everyone does!......more

Good theology is important, because everyone is in fact a theologian. The author’s focus isn’t on convincing the reader to become a theologian, rather they focus on arguing for good theological methods and practices. They define theology as “reflecting on and articulating the God-centered life and b......more

I remember reading Who Needs Theology? in either undergraduate or graduate school and liking it. I was thinking this would be a fairly enjoyable read that would simply echo a feeling that I already had. I mean clearly when writing a book called Who Needs Theology? the implied answer is everyone, esp......more