Rollin G. Grams Explained

Rollin G. Grams
Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
Birth Name:Rollin Gene Grams
Birth Date:25 July 1958
Birth Place:Welkom, Free State, South Africa
Father:Eugene Grams
Relatives:
Module:
Embed:yes
Education:
  • University of Michigan (B.A.)
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.T.S)
  • Duke University (PhD)
Discipline:New Testament scholar
Sub Discipline:
Workplaces:Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Doctoral Advisor:James L. Price
Mother:Evelyn Phyllis Louton
Children:3

Rollin Gene Grams[1] (born July 25, 1958) is an American Episcopal author and theologian. He served as the director of the Robert C. Cooley Center for the Study of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.[2] He has also lectured at the University of Oxford and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.[3]

Early life

Family

Grams was born in Welkom in the Free State, South Africa to American missionary parents, Eugene Edgar Grams (1930–2016)[4] and Evelyn Phyllis Grams (Louton; 1931–2014), a daughter of A. G. Louton and sister of Edgar Louton.[5] Through his mother, he is part of the prominent extended Louton missionary family in South Africa and has contributed scholarly research on his family.[6] His eldest brother, Darrell Mark Grams is a noted lawyer and financial broker.

Education

Grams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1978, majoring in psychology and philosophy, where he was awarded the James B. Angell award. He earned a Master of Theological Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1980, graduating summa cum laude and joining the Phi Alpha Chi Honor society. He then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy from Duke University in 1989 in the New Testament and Christian Origins. His PhD dissertation is entitled Gospel and Mission in Paul's Ethics..[7] Additionally, he attended the Harvard Divinity School and Central Bible College.

Career

Academic work

Grams begun his career as a theologian in 1985. Since 2006, he has served as a professor of Biblical Theology and Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also a lecturer at the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life and has served as an Overseas Coordinator and Course Designer at the Ridley Institute in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina since 2019.

His previous teaching roles include positions at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia, where he was a Lecturer and Director of the M.A. in Biblical Studies program from 1997 to 1999. Grams also lectured at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic (1999–2010),[8] and taught New Testament and Greek at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology in Kenya (1989–1991). He has held visiting lecturer positions at theological institutions across Europe, Africa, and Asia, including Stellenbosch Theological Institute in South Africa, TCM International Institute in Austria, and Asia Theological Centre for Evangelism and Mission in Singapore.

Writing

Grams' book entitled Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching on Homosexuality in Scripture and Tradition, written to address the polarity of homosexuality in modern Christianity, was published by B&H Academic in 2016, having been co-authored with S. Donald Forston III, a professor of church history.[9] [10] [11] The University of Edinburgh reviewed the book,[12] and it garnered endorsements from notable figures, including the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary David Dockery, the Anglican Church of Kenya Eliud Wabukala and the Malaysian author and Methodist bishop Hwa Yung.

Grams also authored Stewards of Grace a biography of his prominent missionary parents, published in 2010 by Wipf and Stock. Additionally, he has published many articles.[13] [14] [15]

Grams runs the online blog Bible and Mission[16] and served as assistant editor of Transformation Journal from 2002 to 2005.

Missions

Grams has been a part time missionary with United World Missions since 2009.[17] His work has included stints in Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Publications

As author

As editor

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grams, Rollin Gene, 1958- . Středočeská knihovna v Kladně . 2024-09-15 . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145457/https://svk7.svkkl.cz/arl-kl/en/detail-kl_us_auth-0242890-Grams-Rollin-Gene-1958/ . live.
  2. Web site: Rollin G. Grams . 2024-09-15 . Wipf and Stock Publishers . en-US . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145559/https://wipfandstock.com/author/rollin-g-grams/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2020 CV . gordonconwell.edu . 2024-09-15 . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145455/https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-CV-Rollin-Grams.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: Eugene Grams Obituary (2016) - Springfield, MO - News-Leader . 2024-09-15 . Legacy.com . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915144825/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-leader/name/eugene-grams-obituary?id=39283490 . live .
  5. Web site: Evelyn Phyllis Grams . 2024-09-15 . greenlawnfuneralhome.com . en-US.
  6. Book: Grams, Rollin G. . Stewards of Grace . July 2010 . Wipf & Stock Publishers . 978-1-4982-5928-6 . en . 2024-09-15 . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915144923/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqGcswEACAAJ . live .
  7. Web site: Dr. Rollin Grams . 2024-09-15 . Gordon Conwell . en . 2024-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227130132/https://www.gordonconwell.edu/faculty/current/rollin-grams/ . live .
  8. Web site: Curriculum Vitae: Rollin G. Grams . 2024-09-15 . 2022-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319162414/https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2019/04/GramsCV.pdf . live .
  9. Web site: Interview with S. Donald Fortson III and Rollin G. Grams, authors of UNCHANGING WITNESS: THE CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN TEACHING ON HOMOSEXUALITY IN SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION, Part 1 . 2024-09-15 . Books At a Glance . en-US . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915144825/https://www.booksataglance.com/author-interviews/interview-s-donald-fortson-iii-rollin-g-grams-authors-unchanging-witness-consistent-christian-teaching-homosexuality-scripture-tradition-part-1/ . live .
  10. Web site: Unchanging Witness . 2024-09-15 . Reformed Theological Seminary . en-US . 2024-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240605031929/https://rts.edu/resources/unchanging-witness/ . live .
  11. Web site: Philliber . Michael . 'Unchanging Witness' by Fortson and Grams. A Review. . . 2024-09-15 . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915144826/https://www.academia.edu/24667561 . live .
  12. Web site: Unchanging witness : the consistent Christian teaching on homosexuality in scripture and tradition . 2024-09-15 . discovered.ed.ac.uk . en . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915144927/https://discovered.ed.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44UOE_INST:44UOE_VU2&search_scope=UoE&tab=Everything&docid=alma9924350351202466&lang=en&context=L&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&query=sub,exact,Birth%20control%20--%20Religious%20aspects . live .
  13. https://muckrack.com/rollin-grams/articles
  14. Grams . Rollin G. . 2004 . Not 'Leaders' but 'Little Ones' in the Father's Kingdom: The character of discipleship in Matthew's gospel . Transformation . 21 . 2 . 114–125 . 10.1177/026537880402100205 . 43053124 . 0265-3788.
  15. Web site: Rollin Grams . ResearchGate.net . 2024-09-15 . 2022-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816051800/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rollin-Grams . live .
  16. Web site: The Pursuit of Greater Meaning in Community: Communism, National Socialism, Radical Islam, and the Church . 2024-09-15 . Bible and Mission . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145349/https://bibleandmission.blogspot.com/ . live .
  17. Web site: Rollin & Wendy Grams . 2024-09-15 . www.mesaglobal.co . en . 2024-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240915145332/https://www.mesaglobal.co/workers/31384 . live .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Rollin G. Grams".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.