Other open and relational theologians in the top fifty are Keith Ward (#29), Walter Brueggemann (#32), Jurgen Moltmann (#35), Clark Pinnock (#44), William Hasker (#45), Charles Hartshorne (#52), Ian Barbour (#58), Marjorie Suchocki (#92). 'This ranking of influential theologians shows how various digital sources advance academic theology in multi-faceted and far-reaching ways.' 'Institutions are increasingly recognizing the power of the internet for theological education and information dissemination,' says Robert Duncan, President of Northwind Theological Seminary. Results are not a popularity measure but come from records of achievement, frequency of citation, institutional sources, and more. The Influence Ranking program aggregates scholarly and academic citations, evaluates information databases, and searches periodicals, journals, and global media outlets. The databases consulted contain billions of data points. The ranking is based on a computational process that consults open-source data on the internet. (#8), David Ray Griffin (#9), and James Cone (#10). Open and relational thinkers ranking in the top ten are Thomas Jay Oord (#5), Rosemary Radford Ruether (#6), John B. Study Shows Open and Relational Theologians Among Most Influential in Recent DecadesĪugust 2021 - A new study by Academic Influence reveals that open and relational thinkers are among the most influential scholars in theology over the last thirty years.

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