GALE HEIDE
Gale’s goal in writing and teaching is to exalt Jesus. Redemption is His masterpiece. The beauty of glory is revealed in the humility of the cross.
ABOUT GALE HEIDE
Gale Heide is Academic Dean and Professor of Theology and Biblical Languages at Montana Bible College in Bozeman, Montana. He is author of This Is My Father's World (1998), System and Story (2008), and Domesticated Glory (2010).
BOOKS
Publications by Gale Heide
DOMESTICATED GLORY
2010
Domesticated Glory critically examines the marriage between Evangelicalism and American politics. The study begins by engaging popular political pundits who wish to transform Christianity into an arm of the state. It then moves to examine some of the theological foundations proposed as support for the church's propping up of American political ideology. Finally, the study provides a more robust politics of the church by outlining how the church might act as a politics in itself. Thus, the church may gain a political voice as church in such a way as to make the world know it stands in need of redemption.
THIS IS MY FATHERS WORLD
1998
This Is My Father's World critically engages contemporary environmental ethics and provides Christians with a theological foundation for appropriately relating to the world they call God's creation--a creation ethic. It is refreshingly and thoroughly scriptural. However, what the Bible says may shock people with conservative or liberal presuppositions already in mind. This book is a challenge to both sides of the debate.project or document so readers can enjoy the entire piece.
SYSTEM AND STORY
2009
System and Story is intended to develop a means for bridging the gap between critics of system and those who may find value in doing systematics from a Biblically oriented context. Narrative theologians have rightly identified and critiqued the development of system in academic theology. Unfortunately, they have not identified the ways in which systematic elements have always played a role in theological knowledge. This study demonstrates the inherent systematic tendencies that still exist in narrative approaches to theology, while at the same time acknowledging the appropriateness of aspects of the narrative critique of system.
TIMELESS TRUTH IN THE HANDS OF HISTORY: A SHORT HISTORY OF SYSTEM IN THEOLOGY
2012
What is the purpose of theology for the church? Systematic theology provides an inroad into this question by offering both a method for doing theology and an explanation for the purpose of that method. However, "system" is itself the product of a specific understanding of knowledge grounded in rational demonstration of facts. This study attempts to address the historical debate over when systematic theology began.
"Life with God is rarely safe, but we can rely on the fact that his way will always lead to our greatest good and His greatest glory, even when it hurts or results in our death."
Gale Heide
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