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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 this delightful book, Robert Jenson and Solveig Lucia Gold share their unscripted, spontaneous talks about everything from the meaning of the Trinity to what God looks like. The result is an 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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- Published on: 2007-04-01
- Released on: 2007-04-01
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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
From the Back Cover
Come and listen in as one of the world's most respected theologians talks theology with his eight-year-old granddaughter. In this delightful book, Robert Jenson and Solveig Lucia Gold share their unscripted, spontaneous talks about everything from the meaning of the Trinity to what God looks like. The result is an 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
About the Author
Robert W. Jenson (DrTheol, University of Heidelberg) is former senior scholar for research at the Center of Theological Inquiry. He is the author of On Thinking the Human: Resolutions of Difficult Notions and coeditor (with Carl Braaten) of Christian Dogmatics. Solveig Lucia Gold attends elementary school in New York and enjoys visits to Poppi's home in Princeton, New Jersey.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Christian Friendship and care of souls
By Kenneth R McGuire
Robert Jenson is one of the most important Theologians living in the United States. Unfortunately most of his writing is dense and difficult to understand for us mere mortals.
Back when I was in Seminary, I hated it when we were assigned anything by him because of this. However, I have started to enjoy reading short articles by him, even if his books usually make me give up in frustation. I learn a lot when I read his work and even find myself agreeing with him more often than not once I digest it.
So, when I saw this book advertized, I expected that it would either be very good if there was genuine communication or very bad if he talked over her (and our) head. It is with great joy that I report it is the former.
While I bought the book for "Jenson light", I found that while that is certainly there, something arguably more important is there as well. It is a model of Chirstian Friendship between the two authors. The Rev. Dr. Robert Jenson is obviously the senior partner here, but the two authors treat each other with respect, love, and humor as they deal with some very difficult issues. In short, Dr. Jenson treats his granddaughter as a fellow Christian, and not just as a sponge to absorb his considerable knowledge.
I pray that more of this goes on in the church and hope that this book helps serve as a model.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Delightful Conversations
By Robert A. Pyne
One of America's foremost theologians, Robert Jenson is a wonderful writer whose work is always worth reading. This book, consisting of transcribed conversations with his granddaughter, is an absolute delight. It is warm and humorous, but also profound. It is sweet, but never condescending. Solveig holds her own in the conversations with her grandfather, and he both respects and encourages her thinking. Conversations with Poppi about God is careful theology at its most accessible level, with lots of affection and a twinkle in the eye.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
But there is something here for all Christians --- or skeptics --- from adolescents to grandparents, who read for insight
By FaithfulReader.com
What a good premise for a book: an eight-year-old precocious child carrying on a theological conversation with her 73-year-old grandfather --- not just any grandfather but a noted "Reverend Canon Professor..." who has edited a volume on Christian dogmatics. In an introduction, Solveig Lucia Gold explains her book's origin: "It all began on a dark, chilly night, sitting by the fireplace long after my bedtime at [my grandparents'] home in Princeton, New Jersey. I had a theological question to ask my grandfather (Poppi)... Poppi gave a lengthy reply that led me to ask him more theological questions." The next morning her grandmother suggested that further conversations be taped and transcribed "to turn them into a book."
In a second introduction, Dr. Jenson explains that the conversations were "wholly unscripted" and edited ever-so-slightly. Topical subheads have been added (something less than chapter demarcations) to introduce conversational shifts. Occasionally the narration is so conversational that I had to read a sentence twice. But a heavier edit probably would have interfered with the spontaneous and playful tone of the mischievous child, who sometimes teases her grandfather and even brings up Dante and his view of purgatory (which Solveig's father has explained to her).
After starting at the obvious place, a discussion of "the beginning" --- the Genesis creation story, the introduction of sin, the fall of Lucifer --- much of the book follows the whim of a child's curiosity. Christmas is approaching, and Santa Claus --- or the bishop St. Nicholas --- wanders in and out of the conversation, as does the mysterious role and work of the Holy Spirit, as does the first line of a Lenten hymn, about Jesus's temptation in the wilderness: "Forty days and forty nights..."
And yet young Solveig isn't just running at the mouth. Here's her summary of the metaphysical discussion that starts with the question, "Could God make two and two equal five?": "Two plus two is four because God knows it, and he knows it because it is true... If God knows it is true because it is true, he knows that it is true because it is true. But he also knows that it is true because he knows it."
Ultimately Solveig isn't in control of the conversation. Grandfather sometimes cuts in with an authoritative statement, based on the scriptural account or theological tradition. When Solveig proposes that "Jesus has his own thoughts, and God has his own thoughts. They don't think alike --- they do think alike. But Jesus could be watching over one continent, and God could be watching over..." Poppi cuts in with "No, no, no!"
Eventually the book is less randomly structured than at the beginning. The conversation turns to the phrases of the Lord's Prayer and then the Nicene Creed, which Grandpa Jenson (a Lutheran) and Solveig (an Episcopalian) repeat as part of every Sunday service.
A few conversational points --- about seasons of the church calendar, for example, or the wording of the creed --- will be best understood by readers who attend liturgical churches. But there is something here for all Christians --- or skeptics --- from adolescents to grandparents, who read for insight as well as whimsy.
--- Reviewed by Evelyn Bence
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