The Craft of Innovative Theology

<p><b>A comprehensive collection of resources showing students of theology how to prepare and write creative research-oriented material&nbsp;</b></p> <p><i>The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process&nbsp;</i>delivers&nbsp;a thorough examination of the method of producing and writing creative theological theses and projects,&nbsp;explaining&nbsp;to students how to write elegant,&nbsp;innovative research-oriented articles. Through a collection of papers written by distinguished scholars, the text exhibits numerous examples of well-executed creative writing on topics as varied as theodicy&nbsp;and&nbsp;evolution,&nbsp;and artificial intelligence and baptism.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>Each article includes an introduction by the editor that serves to guide the student through the material and elucidates what makes the work stand out as exceptional.&nbsp;The articles are also annotated to assist with the appreciation of the methodology and style used by the author.&nbsp;The Craft of Innovative Theology&nbsp;assists theology students in improving their research writing to a point where they&rsquo;ll be ready for a Masters&rsquo; thesis or PhD dissertation, and is&nbsp;an excellent resource for a&nbsp;research&nbsp;methods course in a graduate program.&nbsp;</p> <p>The works incorporated by the editors include:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>A thorough introduction to God and the Incarnation, including knowing God through religious pluralism&nbsp;</li> <li>An exploration of God and church, including racial stigma and the southern Baptist public discourse in the twentieth century, and the appropriateness of baptizing artificial intelligence&nbsp;</li> <li>A discussion of God and the world, including where humanity has come from and where we&rsquo;re going, and the challenges posed by biological evolution to Christian theology&nbsp;</li> <li>A treatment of God and ethics, including sin and the faces of responsibility&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for&nbsp;students of postgraduate theology&nbsp;and research methods&nbsp;courses,&nbsp;<i>The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process</i>&nbsp;will also earn a place in the libraries of&nbsp;students in courses that prepare them to write a Masters&rsquo; thesis in theology or to begin shaping their PhD dissertation topic.&nbsp;</p>