"As browsable as it is useful, this encyclopedic volume reads like a leisurely conversation among old friends. It will refresh professors, inspire students, and delight all who love the church. This is a book that will be fun to read in the short term but will last a long time on your library shelf."
-Stephen H Webb, Wabash University
This two-volume companion brings together a team of contemporary theologians and writers to provide substantial introductions to the key people who shaped the Christian story and tradition.
Comprises over 75 entries on the most important and influential figures in the history of Christianity, written by an international team of nearly 50 contemporary theologians
A to Z entries range from substantial essays to shorter overviews, each of which locates the theologian in their immediate context, summarizes the themes of their work, and explains their significance
Covers a broad span of theologians, from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas, through to C. S. Lewis, James Cone, and Rosemary Radford Reuther
Accessibly structured around five periods: early centuries, middle ages, reformation period, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth-century to the present
Provides profiles of key Catholic, protestant, evangelical, and progressive theologians
Explains the technical details of theology in accurate and accessible ways, and includes a variety of student aids, including a timeline to orientate the reader, reading lists, and a glossary of key terms
Notes on Contributors viii Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Timeline xvi
Early Centuries 1
The Apocalypse of John 3
Arius (c.256-336) 6
Athanasius (c.295-373) 16
Augustine of Hippo (c.354-430) 26
Boethius (c.475-c.524) 31
The Cappadocians (c.329-c.524) 43
Cyril of Alexandria (c.378-444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c.381-c.451) 48
Ephrem the Syrian (c.306-73) 60
Ignatius of Antioch (c.35-c.110) 71
Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd century) 74
John the Evangelist 79
Marcion (c.85-c.160) 89
Maximos the Confessor (580-662) 93
Origen (c.185-254) 103
The Apostle Paul 113
The Synoptic Evangelists: Mark, Matthew, and Luke 119
Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) (c.155-c.225) 128
Middle Ages 137
Peter Abelard (1079-1142) 139
St Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) 142
Thomas Aquinas, OP (c.1224-74) 153
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) 159
Bonaventure (c.1217-74) 162
Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308) 171Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) 181
William Ockham (c.1280-c.1349) 187
Reformation Period 197
John Calvin (1509-64) 199
Richard Hooker (1554-1600) 204
Martin Luther (1483-1546) 208
Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) 216
The Reformation 219
Teresa of Ávila (1515-82) 227
Enlightenment and Modern Period 237
Donald Baillie (1887-1954) 239
John Baillie (1886-1960) 245
Karl Barth (1886-1968) 250
Emil Brunner (1889-1966) 256
John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) 262
Georges Vasilievich Florovsky (1893-1979) 265
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) 276
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) 287
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) 290
C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis (1898-1963) 295
John Henry Newman (1801-90) 299
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) 310
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834) 320
Gottfried Thomasius (1802-75) 326
Paul Tillich (1886-1965) 338
B. B. Warfield (1851-1921) 350
Twentieth Century to Present 353
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) 355
Serge Laugier de Beaurecueil (1917-2005) 367
Black Theology 371
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45) 378
James Cone (1938- ) 390
Austin Farrer (1904-68) 393
Hans Frei (1922-88) 397
Colin Gunton (1941-2003) 400
Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928- ) 402
Stanley Hauerwas (1940- ) 406
John Hick (1922-2012) 416
Elizabeth A. Johnson, CSJ (1941- ) 427
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68) 431
Liberal Theology 438
George Lindbeck (1923- ) 451
Donald MacKinnon (1913-94) 454
John Milbank (1952- ) 458
Jürgen Moltmann (1926- ) 461
Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) 472
James Packer (1926- ) 475
Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928- ) 478
Charles Philip Price (1920-99) 486
Process Theology 491
Karl Rahner (1904-84) 502
Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936- ) 512
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (1938- ) 515
Dorothee Sölle (1929-2003) 518
Richard Swinburne (1934- ) 522
Vatican II 527
Keith Ward (1938- ) 541
Glossary 546
Index 550
