Title: How to Use the Language of Othodoxy Without the Content!
Product review: McClendon's theology is a classic example of a textbook that is written for a traditional audience by one who, charitably speaking, is less than traditional. McClendon is forced to use traditional categories while filling them with ideas for which they were never designed. For example, McClendon purposefully organizes this text into three distinct sections, avowedly borrowing a Trinitarian concept. This leaves the reader amazed to find that McClendon is not at all trinitarian in his theology; he is a Modalist (cf. chapter seven: "The Identity of God"). This sort of theological shell-game makes for difficult reading as McClendon awkwardly attempts to mask his idiosyncratic (for a baptist) theology behind Orthodox categories. As a student at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, I struggled through this ponderous tome; it did not repay my effort.R
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