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Traditionally, evangelical theology has been committed to a position of classical theism, emphasizing God’s immutability and omniscience. Of late, traditional affirmations have been challenged by theologians who affirm a more Christological focus (often drawing from Karl Barth’s theology) and by those who affirm a theology of “open theism.” The essays gathered in this collection give evidence of...

is pretty much what it was in its origins: a highly aggressive, missionary movement in theology which seeks to convert the evangelical churches to what it alleges to be a more “biblical” understanding of God. Underneath it all, open theism is a rather narrowly defined project. If we thought that open theists attend exclusively to the doctrine of God to the exclusion of all other doctrines which are impinged upon by the moves they make, we would be guilty of a half-truth. The truth is that what these
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