Greg Boyd’s Academic Vita
Education
B.A. in philosophy from the University of Minnesota (1979); M.Div. from Yale Divinity School (Cum Laude, 1982); Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary (Magnum Cum Laude, 1987).
Occupation
1992-Present: Senior Pastor, Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
1998-Present: President, ReKnew Ministries
2004- Present: Adjunct Professor, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota
1986-2004: Professor of Theology, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1986-Present. National and international speaker at various Universities, Churches, Conferences and Seminars.
Authored and Co-Authored Books
- Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence (Fortress Press, 2017)
- The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Volume 1: The Cruciform Hermeneutic; Volume 2: The Cruciform Thesis(Fortress Press, 2017)
- The Cosmic Dance: What Science Can Teach Us About The Nature of Time, Life and Humpty Dumpty (ReKnew Publications, 2016)
- Benefit of the Doubt: Dismantling the Idol of Certainty (Baker, 2013)
- Present Perfect: Discovering God in the Now (Zondervan; 2010)
- Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, with Paul Eddy, second ed. (Baker, 2009).
- The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion To Join a Beautiful Revolution (Zondervan; 2009).
- The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition, co-authored with Paul Eddy (Baker Academic 2007); received Christianity Today “Book of the Year Award” — Biblical Studies area.
- Lord or Legend? Wrestling With the Jesus Dilemma, co-authored with Paul Eddy (Baker, 2007)
- The Myth of a Christian Nation: How The Quest For Political Power is Destroying the Church (Zondervan, 2006)
- Escaping the Matrix: Setting Your Mind Free to Experience Real Life In Christ, co-authored with Al Larson (Baker Book, 2005).
- Repenting Of Religion: Turning From Judgment to the Love of God (Baker, 2004).
- Seeing is Believing: The Transforming Power of Imaginative Prayer (Baker, 2004).
- Is God to Blame? Moving Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of Evil (InterVarsity, 2003).
- Across the Spectrum, with Paul Eddy (Baker, 2002, new ed. 2010).
- Satan and the Problem of Evil, Satan and Evil Series, vol. 2 (InterVarsity, 2001).
- God of the Possible (Baker, 2000).
- God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict, Satan and Evil Series, vol. 1 (InterVarsity, 1997).
- Jesus Under Siege (Victor, 1995).
- Cynic Sage or Son of God? (Bridgepoint, 1995) (received Christianity Today’s “People’s Choice” Top 25 Books award in 1996.)
- Letters From a Skeptic, with Edward K. Boyd (Victor, rev. ed. 2008 [1994]); received CBA Golden Book Award in 1995; now translated into 18 languages.
- Oneness Pentecostals and the Trinity (Baker, 1994)
- Trinity and Process: A Critical Evaluation and Reappropriation of Hartshorne’s Di-Polar Theism Toward a Trinitarian Metaphysic (Peter Lang, 1992)
Contributor to Books
- “Whether or not There Was a Historical Adam, Our Faith is Secure,” in Four Views on the Historical Adam, eds. A. B. Canadey, M. Barrett, S. N. Gundry (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013).
- “A Different Kind of Kingdom,” in Servant God: The Cosmic Conflict Over God’s Trustworthiness, ed. D. Cole (Loma Linda, CA: Loma Linda Press, 2013).
- “Living in, and Looking Like, Christ,” in Servant God.
- “Should Nations Turn the Other Cheek?” in A Faith Not Worth Fighting For, ed. T. York (Cascade, 2012)
- “Ground Level Deliverance Model,” in Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views, eds. J. Beilby, P.Eddy (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2012). War Torn Creation,” in B. Snodderly, S. Moreau, eds. Evangelical and Frontier Mission Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel, Regnum Edinburgh 2010 Series (Osford: Regnum Books International, 2011).
- “Evil,” in Baker Book Encyclopedia of Theological Ethics (Baker, 2011).
- “Principalities and Powers” in Baker Book Encyclopedia of Theological Ethics, (Baker, 2011)
- War Torn Creation,” in B. Snodderly, S. Moreau, eds. Evangelical and Frontier Mission Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel, Regnum Edinburgh 2010 Series (Osford: Regnum Books International, 2011).
- “God Limits His Control,” in Divine Providence: Four Views, ed. D. Jowers (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010).
- “Evolution as Cosmic Conflict,” in Creation Made Free: Science and Open Theology, ed. J. Oord (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009)
- “The Christus Victor View,” in The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views, eds. J. Bielby and P. Eddy (InterVarsity, 2005).
- “Finding the God-forsaken God,” in College Faith, ed. R. A. Knott (Andrews University Press, 2004)
- “Unbounded Love and the Openness of the Future: An Exploration and Critique of Pinnock’s Theological Pilgrimage,” in Semper Reformandum: Studies in Honour of Clark H. Pinnock, eds. S. Porter and A. Cross (Paternoster Press, 2003)
- “The Open Theism View,” in Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views, ed. Jim Beilby and Paul Eddy (InterVarsity Press 2001).
- “The Rebuttal Evidence: Is the Jesus of History the Same as the Jesus of Faith?,” in The Case for Christ, ed. Lee Strobel (Zondervan, 1998).
- “The Self-Sufficient Sociality of God: A Trinitarian Revision of Hartshorne’s Metaphysics,” in Trinity in Process: A Relational Theology of God, ed. Joseph A. Bracken and Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki (Continuum, 1996).
- Contributor in The Quest Study Bible (Zondervan, 1994)
Recently Published Articles and Essays
- “My Kingdom is Not of This World,” in A. Tizon, ed. Missional Preaching: Engage, Embrace, Transform (Valley Forge, PA: Judson, Press, 2012).
- “War Torn Creation,” in B. Snodderly, S. Moreau, eds. Evangelical and Frontier Mission Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel, Regnum Edinburgh 2010 Series (Osford: Regnum Books International, 2011).
- “Evil,” in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, J.Green, ed. (Grand Rapids, MI, 2012).
- “Principalities and Powers” Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, Green, ed. (Grand Rapids, MI, 2012).
- “Evolution as Cosmic Conflict,” in Creation Made Free: Science and Open Theology, ed. J. Oord (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2009)
- “Randomness and Assurance: Does Everything Happen for a Reason?” The OtherJournal.com: An Intersection of Theology and Culture : http://theotherjournal.com/2012/02/27/randomness-and-assurance-does-everything-happen-for-a-reason/
- “The Idolatry of Patriotism,” Relevant Magazine (July/August, 2010).
- “Two Ancient (and Modern) Motivations For Ascribing Exhaustively Definite Foreknowledge to God: A Historic Overview and Critical Assessment,” Religious Studies, 46/1 (March, 2010), 41-59.
- “Advancing the Cruciform Revolution: A Kingdom Perspective on Evangelism,” Word & World,” Vol. 29:4 (Fall, 2009)
- “The Kingdom as a Socio-Political Spiritual Revolution,” Criswell Theological Review, 6/1 (Fall, 2008), 23-42
- “Counter Culture,” Sublime ( June 2007), 59
- “Open Theism, Omniscience, and the Nature of the Future,” co-author with Alan Rhodes and Tom Belt. Faith and Philosophy , 23 (2006), 432–459.
- “Neo-Molinism and the Infinite Intelligence of God.” Philosophi Christi, 5.1 (2003), 187-204
- “Christian Love and Academic Dialogue: A Reply to Bruce Ware,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (June, 2002), 233-43.
Works in Process
- An Alien Perfection (Fortress, scheduled 2021)
- The Myth of the Blueprint (Fortress, scheduled 2022)