{"id":3858,"date":"2009-01-12T00:20:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/third-way-thinkers-writers.html"},"modified":"2009-01-12T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:20:08","slug":"third-way-thinkers-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/third-way-thinkers-writers.html","title":{"rendered":"Third Way Thinkers Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who then are the Third Way thinkers and writers? The other day I accidentally posted this and then took it down when I realized it, but Andy Rowell (see below) caught it first and contributed a wonderful set of links to the names below. Here is a listing of some of the Third Way thinkers &#8230; <b>this is just a start<\/b> &#8230; and you can mention others.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nI could list many more, and you can mention some you think apply but<br \/>\nthis is a first attempt at listing those that are for one reason or<br \/>\nanother Third Way thinkers. (&#8220;Third Way&#8221; is my expression and the<br \/>\nscholars below may not accept this for themselves.) Here is a general<br \/>\nlink to Amazon and you can look up their books from that page (<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAdvanced-Search-Books%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D241582011%26ref%255F%3Dsv%255Fb%255F0&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">Amazon Search<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important;margin: 0px ! important\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/em>). <\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nOld Testament studies, these names come to mind: John Goldingay<br \/>\n(Fuller), Iain Provan (Regent), and Hugh G.M. Williamson (Oxford).<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nNew Testament studies at least these names, and I&#8217;ve added a few since<br \/>\nthe original mistaken post: N.T. Wright (Bishop of Durham), James D.G.<br \/>\nDunn (retired from Durham), JB Green and MM Thompson from Fuller,<br \/>\nRichard Hays (Duke), Rob Wall (Seattle Pacific), Michael Bird (Highland<br \/>\nTheological in Scotland).<\/p>\n<p>Theology is so big it is hard to know<br \/>\nwhere to start or stop, but I think of John Franke (Biblical Seminary),<br \/>\nF. LeRon Shults (Norway at Christiansand), Kevin Vanhoozer (Trinity),<br \/>\nthe late Stan Grenz, Miroslav Volf (Yale), John Stackhouse (Regent),<br \/>\nand Kevin Corcoran (Calvin).<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Andy Rowell for these links:<\/p>\n<p>Old Testament:<br \/>\nJohn Goldingay (Fuller)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=2266&amp;terms=goldingay\">http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=2266&amp;terms=goldingay<\/a><br \/>\nIain Provan (Regent College)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.regent-college.edu\/about_regent\/faculty\/provan_iain.html\">http:\/\/www.regent-college.edu\/about_regent\/faculty\/provan_iain.html<\/a><br \/>\nHugh G. M. Williamson (Oxford)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orinst.ox.ac.uk\/html\/staff\/hjs\/hwilliamson.html\">http:\/\/www.orinst.ox.ac.uk\/html\/staff\/hjs\/hwilliamson.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Testament:<br \/>\nN.T. Wright (Bishop of Durham, Church of England)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.durham.anglican.org\/diocese-and-admin\/bishops.aspx\">http:\/\/www.durham.anglican.org\/diocese-and-admin\/bishops.aspx<\/a><br \/>\nJames D.G. Dunn (Durham, UK)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/theology.religion\/staff\/?username=vs000217\">http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/theology.religion\/staff\/?username=vs000217<\/a><br \/>\nJoel Green (Fuller)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=2278&amp;terms=joel+green\">http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=2278&amp;terms=joel+green<\/a><br \/>\nMarianne Meye Thompson (Fuller) <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=3068&amp;terms=thompson\">http:\/\/fuller.edu\/faculty.aspx?id=3068&amp;terms=thompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Theology:<br \/>\nJohn Franke (Biblical Seminary, Pennsylvania)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblical.edu\/pages\/discover\/faculty-directory.htm\">http:\/\/www.biblical.edu\/pages\/discover\/faculty-directory.htm<\/a><br \/>\nLeRon Shults (Norway)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/leronshults.typepad.com\/\">http:\/\/leronshults.typepad.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nKevin Vanhoozer (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/divinity\/people\/vanhoozer\">http:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/divinity\/people\/vanhoozer<\/a><br \/>\nStanley Grenz (1950-2005) (Carey Theological College and Regent College)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanleyjgrenz.com\/\">http:\/\/www.stanleyjgrenz.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nMiroslav Volf (Yale, formerly of Fuller)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/divinity\/faculty\/Fac.MVolf.shtml\">http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/divinity\/faculty\/Fac.MVolf.shtml<\/a><br \/>\nJohn Stackhouse (Regent College)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who then are the Third Way thinkers and writers? The other day I accidentally posted this and then took it down when I realized it, but Andy Rowell (see below) caught it first and contributed a wonderful set of links to the names below. 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