John Samuel Feinberg (born April 2, 1946) is an American theologian, author, and professor of biblical and systematic theology. He is currently listed as Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology (retired) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is noted for his expertise in theodicy.[2]
Feinberg lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois, with his wife Patricia, with whom he has three children. His brother Paul David (1938 - 2004) also taught Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School for thirty years.
During the mid-1980s, Feinberg served on the national membership committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He also served as editor of the Bulletin of the Evangelical Philosophical Society from 1982 to 1983, and from 1985 to 1986 he served a term as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Since then, he has authored several books and serves as a theological consultant for the academic division of Crossway Books. He serves as general editor for the series Foundations of Evangelical Theology.
——— (1994). The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil (1st ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN978-1-433-51696-2.[4]
——— (1997). Deceived By God?: A Journey Through Suffering. Wheaton, IL: Good News Publishing. ISBN978-0-891-07886-9.[5]
——— (2004). Where Is God: A Personal Story of Finding God in Grief and Suffering (Revised ed.). B&H Publishing. ISBN978-0-805-43041-7.
——— (2004). The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problem of Evil (Revised and expanded ed.). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN978-1-581-34567-4.
——— (2005). No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God. Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN978-1-581-34275-8.[6]
——— (2013). Can you believe it's true?: Christian apologetics in a modern and postmodern era. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN978-1-433-53900-8. OCLC821025154.
——— (2016). When there are no easy answers: thinking differently about god, suffering and evil, and ... evil. Kregel Publications. ISBN978-0-825-44412-8. OCLC923650452.
——— (2018). Light in a Dark Place: The Doctrine of Scripture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN978-1-4335-3927-5.[7]
———, ed. (1988). Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN0-89107-468-6.
Chapters
——— (1986). "God Ordains All Things". In Basinger, David; Basinger, Randall (eds.). Predestination & Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty & Human Freedom. Spectrum Multiview Book Series. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. pp. 19–44. ISBN978-0-877-84567-6. - plus his responses
——— (1988). "Systems of Discontinuity". In Feinberg, John S. (ed.). Continuity and Discontinuity: Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments: Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN0-89107-468-6.
Articles
——— (Fall 1989). "Review Article: Rationality, Objectivity, and Doing Theology: Review and Critique of Wentzel Van Huysteen's Theology and the Justification of Faith". Trinity Journal. New Series. 10 (2): 161–184.
——— (Fall 1993). "A Baby At Any Cost And By Any Means? The Morality Of In Vitro Fertilization And Frozen Embryos". Trinity Journal. New Series. 14 (2): 143–173.
——— (1986). "1 Peter 3:18-20, Ancient Mythology, and the Intermediate State". Westminster Theological Journal. 48 (2): 303–336.
Festschrift
Wellum, Stephen J.; Allison, Gregg R., eds. (2015). Building on the Foundations of Evangelical Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. ISBN978-1-433-53817-9.
^Feinberg is the author of a major dictionary article on the subject of theodicy - Feinberg, John S. (2001). "Theodicy". In Elwell, Walter A. (ed.). Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Baker Reference Library (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN978-0-801-02075-9.