There is an obvious disconnect between someone’s claim to be relativist and his own moral judgments, including his judgment that people ought to be relativist.

— Vern Poythress (b. 1946), Theologe, Mathematiker, Professor für Neues Testament

Topics: Freedom & Truth, Ethical Questions, Doubt & Hard Questions

Vern Poythress

Vern Poythress (* 1946) ist ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker, presbyterianischer Theologe und langjähriger Professor für Neues Testament am Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Er ist bekannt für die Entwicklung des theologischen Multiperspektivismus, Arbeiten zum Verhältnis von Naturwissenschaft und Trinitätslehre sowie seine Kritik an geschlechtergerechten Bibelübersetzungen. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet er methodische Zugänge zu einer christozentrischen Typologie des Alten Testaments und zur systematischen Schriftauslegung aus reformierter Perspektive.

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