What does the concept of open theism mean? What tehological problems give rise to it and what issues arise from it? What are its implications for Seventh-day Adventist theology?
Open Theism—A Review of the Issues
Kwabena Donkor, BRI
One of the controversies that have created a bit of a stir in evangelical theological circles in recent
times is the debate over what has come to be called, among others, “open theism.”1 The term “open
theism” is noted to have been introduced in 1980 with the publication of Seventh-day Adventist
theologian Richard Rice’s Openness of God. The issue was not broadly discussed, however, until 1994
when five essays were published by five Evangelical scholars, including Rice, under the title The
Openness of God.2>>>
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Open Theism—A Review of the Issues
Kwabena Donkor, BRI
One of the controversies that have created a bit of a stir in evangelical theological circles in recent
times is the debate over what has come to be called, among others, “open theism.”1 The term “open
theism” is noted to have been introduced in 1980 with the publication of Seventh-day Adventist
theologian Richard Rice’s Openness of God. The issue was not broadly discussed, however, until 1994
when five essays were published by five Evangelical scholars, including Rice, under the title The
Openness of God.2>>>
Continue here:
http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/documents/Open%20Theism.pdf