Conversations with Poppi about God: An Eight-Year-Old and Her Theologian Grandfather Trade Questions - Hardcover

Jenson, Robert W.; Gold, Solveig Lucia

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9781587431869: Conversations with Poppi about God: An Eight-Year-Old and Her Theologian Grandfather Trade Questions

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ISBN 10: 1587431866 ISBN 13: 9781587431869

Publisher: Brazos Press, 2006

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Come and listen in as one of the world's most respected theologians talks theology with his eight-year-old granddaughter. In Conversations with Poppi about God, Robert Jenson and Solveig Lucia Gold share with us their unscripted, spontaneous talks about everything from the meaning of the Trinity to what God looks like. The result is a charming and enlightening book that reminds us all we have a lot to learn from theologians and from children. Conversations with Poppi will appeal to parents, grandparents, pastors, teachers, and Christians looking for a refreshing perspective on the mysteries of Christianity.

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"What a wonderful, helpful, profound little book. I must be honest. I usually find the dialogue format a bit tedious; it always seems to be a long journey from question to insight. But, listening in on these conversations between a young girl and her world-class theologian grandfather, one gains real knowledge shaped by authentic biblical theology spoken about in real language. I don't know if it is because I have the mind of an eight-year-old or just the mind of an honest God-seeker, but I laughed and I learned, and I really liked this book."--Duffy Robbins, Eastern University

"Robert Jenson has created a new medium, with his granddaughter Solveig, to teach the basics of the Christian faith. Just as Martin Luther wrote his Small Catechism for children, this book of conversations covers the beliefs and practices of the Christian church--among them the commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the sacraments--in a way that parents, regardless of their denomination, can confidently read and discuss with their children. Robert Jenson has translated the core convictions of his two volumes of Systematic Theology into simple truths that his eight-year-old grandchild can understand in the course of their unrehearsed and lively conversations. If you want to know what a sophisticated theologian really believes, listen to him explain the mysteries of the Christian faith to a child in simple terms without being simplistic."--Carl E. Braaten, Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology

"If the test of any theology is its ability to respond to the simplest questions, even to a child's questions, then these conversations pass with flying colors. Readers will find in the exchanges between Poppi and Solveig a liveliness and love which, while natural in some ways, may seem even more than natural. And if we read carefully, we may begin to suspect that the Spirit of the exchanges moved by this lively love is indeed something more than just the affection of grandfather and granddaughter for each other."--Gilbert Meilaender, Valparaiso University

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Come and listen in as one of the world's most respected theologians talks theology with his eight-year-old granddaughter.

The conversations begin one night when Robert Jenson and his granddaughter, Solveig Lucia Gold, sit talking in front of the fireplace long past Solveig's bedtime. In their unscripted, spontaneous talks, Solveig questions Poppi about everything from the meaning of the Trinity to what God looks like. The result is a charming and enlightening book that reminds us all we have a lot to learn from theologians and from children.

"The psalmist sang: 'Walk about Zion . . . number her towers . . . consider well her ramparts . . . that you may tell the next generation that this is God, our God for ever and ever.' But a good teacher knows that the next generation is not mute, and Jenson is a master teacher. So it is not only the grandfather who instructs; the granddaughter too is wise, affectionate, humorous, insightful (and sometimes silly), all of which makes for lively and charming reading."--Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia

"Eight-year-old theologians are not so rare as we might think, but few have a theologian grandfather with the patience and learning to appreciate their profundity. Readers will thank Solveig and Poppi for their winsome engagement with the surprising simplicity of Christian wisdom."--Richard John Neuhaus, editor in chief, First Things

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