Biography of Dr. Paul Metzger

Integrating theology and spirituality with cultural sensitivity stands at the center of Dr. Metzger's ministry vision. He has been active in intercultural ministry in churches in the States, Japan, and England. Dr. Metzger is the author of The Word of Christ and the World of Culture: Sacred and Secular through the Theology of Karl Barth (Eerdmans, 2003); editor of Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology (T&T Clark International, 2005); author of Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church (Eerdmans, 2007); and editor of the journal, Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture. His newest book is Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Ecclesiology, co-authored with Dr. Brad Harper (Brazos, 2009).  Dr. Metzger is co-editing A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology with Drs. Peter J. Casarella and William F. Storrar (Eerdmans, forthcoming), and serves as the executive editor of a forthcoming multi-volume series on the Scriptures for InterVarsity Press, for which he is writing the volume on John's Gospel. Dr. Metzger is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, and has developed a strategic ministry partnership with Dr. John M. Perkins titled, "Drum Majors for Love, Truth and Justice."  Dr. Metzger has a keen interest in the art of Hokusai and enjoys reading literature.