John Feinberg Explained
John Samuel Feinberg (born April 2, 1946) is an American theologian, author, and professor of biblical and systematic theology. He is currently listed as Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology (retired) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is noted for his expertise in theodicy.[1]
Background and education
Feinberg was born in 1946 to Charles Lee and Anne Priscilla (Fraiman) Feinberg in Dallas, Texas. His family moved from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles, California in 1948 when his father became the first dean of Talbot Theological Seminary. Feinberg earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Los Angeles, his Master of Theology degree (1972) in systematic theology from Trinity, and his Master of Arts (1971) and Doctor of Philosophy (1979) degrees from the University of Chicago.
Feinberg lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois, with his wife Patricia, with whom he has three children. His brother Paul David (1938 - 2004) also taught Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for thirty years.
Career
In his early career, Feinberg served as a missionary in Los Angeles on staff for the American Board of Missions to the Jews. He began his teaching career in 1969 at the Los Angeles Bible Training School in Watts, California. Feinberg was ordained to ministry in 1971 and served as pastor of the Elmwood Park Bible Church in Elmwood Park, Illinois, from 1974 to 1976. He resumed teaching in 1976 at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary in Portland, Oregon, before moving in 1981 to teach at Liberty Baptist Seminary and College in Lynchburg, Virginia. In 1983, he joined the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
During the mid-1980s, Feinberg served on the national membership committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He also served as editor of the Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society from 1982 to 1983, and from 1985 to 1986 he served a term as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Since then, he has authored several books and serves as a theological consultant for the academic division of Crossway Books. He serves as general editor for the series Foundations of Evangelical Theology.
In 2015 a Festschrift was published in his honor. Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology: Essays in Honor of John S. Feinberg includes contributions from Kevin Vanhoozer, Bruce A. Ware, and Walter Kaiser Jr.
Selected works
Books
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . Theologies and Evil . Washington, DC . University Press of America . 1979 . 978-0-819-10839-5 . 5819758 .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Feinberg . Paul D. . Paul Feinberg . Ethics for a Brave New World . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 1993 . 978-1-433-51696-2. [2]
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil . Grand Rapids, MI . Zondervan . 1994 . 978-1-433-51696-2 . 1st . [3]
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Deceived By God?: A Journey Through Suffering . Wheaton, IL . Good News Publishing . 1997 . 978-0-891-07886-9 . [4]
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Where Is God: A Personal Story of Finding God in Grief and Suffering . B&H Publishing . 2004 . 978-0-805-43041-7 . Revised .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2004 . 978-1-581-34567-4 . Revised and expanded .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God . Foundations of Evangelical Theology . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2005 . 978-1-581-34275-8 . [5]
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Feinberg . Paul D. . Paul Feinberg . Ethics for a Brave New World . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2010 . 978-1-58134-712-8 . 2nd .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Can you believe it's true?: Christian apologetics in a modern and postmodern era . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2013 . 978-1-433-53900-8 . 821025154 .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . When there are no easy answers: thinking differently about god, suffering and evil, and ... evil . Kregel Publications . 2016 . 978-0-825-44412-8 . 923650452 .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Light in a Dark Place: The Doctrine of Scripture . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2018 . 978-1-4335-3927-5 . [6]
Edited by
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Feinberg . Paul D. . Paul Feinberg . Tradition and Testament: essays in honor of Charles Lee Feinberg . Chicago, IL . Moody Press . 1981 . 978-0-802-42544-7 . 7653379 . Charles L. Feinberg .
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 1988 . 0-89107-468-6 .
Chapters
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . God Ordains All Things . Basinger . David . David Basinger . Basinger . Randall . Predestination & Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty & Human Freedom . Spectrum Multiview Book Series . Downers Grove, IL . Inter-Varsity Press . 1986 . 978-0-877-84567-6 . 19–44 . registration . https://archive.org/details/predestinationfr00fein/page/19 . - plus his responses
- Book: Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Systems of Discontinuity . Feinberg . John S. . Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 1988 . 0-89107-468-6 .
Articles
- Feinberg . John S. . 3 . Review Article: Rationality, Objectivity, and Doing Theology: Review and Critique of Wentzel Van Huysteen's Theology and the Justification of Faith . Trinity Journal . New Series . 10 . 2 . Fall 1989 . 161–184 .
- Feinberg . John S. . 3 . A Baby At Any Cost And By Any Means? The Morality Of In Vitro Fertilization And Frozen Embryos . Trinity Journal . New Series . 14 . 2 . Fall 1993 . 143–173 .
- Feinberg . John S. . 3 . 1 Peter 3:18-20, Ancient Mythology, and the Intermediate State . . 48 . 2 . 1986 . 303–336 .
Festschrift
- Book: Wellum . Stephen J. . Stephen J. Wellum . Allison . Gregg R. . Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology . Wheaton, IL . Crossway Books . 2015 . 978-1-433-53817-9 .
External links
Notes and References
- Fienberg is the author of a major dictionary article on the subject of theodicy - Book: Feinberg. John S.. Theodicy. Elwell. Walter A. . Walter A. Elwell. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology . Baker Reference Library . Grand Rapids, MI . Baker Academic . 2001 . 978-0-801-02075-9 . 2nd .
- Childs. Brian H.. Book review: Ethics for a brave new world. Journal of Medical Humanities. 1995. 16. 1. 73–74. 10.1007/BF02276822. 140754368 .
- Sturch. R. L.. Book review: The Many Faces of Evil. The Journal of Theological Studies. October 2005. 56. 2. 816–819. 10.1093/jts/fli243.
- Pettegrew. Larry. Book review: Deceived by God?. Master's Seminary Journal. Fall 1997. 8. 2. 234–235. 2012-09-15. 2013-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925204127/http://www.tms.edu/JournalBookReview.aspx?ID=590.
- Morrison. John D.. Review article: John Feinberg's No One Like Him. Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. December 2003. 46. 4. 699–709.
- Book: Light in a Dark Place . 29 March 2019. 30 April 2018 . 978-1-4335-3927-5 . Feinberg . John S. . Crossway .
