Ronald R. Ray completed seven years of parish ministry in Oregon, fifteen years of teaching in Nigeria, and eleven in Kenya. He earned a BA in economics from Willamette University, an MDiv from Yale Divinity School, and a PhD from Saint Andrews University, Scotland, completing the first doctorate on Jacques Ellul's Christian Ethic. He is the author of Systematics Critical and Constructive 1 and Systematics Critical and Constructive 2, both published by Wipf and Stock. Ron and Diane currently live in Wilderness, South Africa, on the southern coast just outside of George.
"""In Systematics Critical and Constructive 2, Dr. Ray interacts with theology at a level unprecedented in the contemporary disciplinary scene. Blending dimensions of Christian tradition and doctrine, devotional articulations and intellectual inquiry in a perfect balance, this volume charts new grounds for preaching and teaching theology. I recommend it to all who handle theology to stimulate faith that seeks deeper understanding."" --Julius Kithinji, St. Paul's University, Kenya ""In this second volume of his Systematics, Ronald Ray once again wields his pen in both critical and constructive directions. . . . On the critical side, the author argues that to believe the Christian message does not mean believing everything propounded as 'religious'--or taught in the name of Jesus Christ! . . . For those for whom constructive and critical thought remains a calling worthy of the gospel, this important work is highly recommended."" --James F. Kay, Princeton Theological Seminary, emeritus"