Students Companion to the Theologians

"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. Top page

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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. * A substantial new two-volume reference work, bringing together over 75 entries on the most important and influential theologians in the history of Christianity * Structured accessibly around five periods: early centuries, middle ages, reformation period, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth-century to the present * 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 * Provides profiles of key Catholic, protestant, evangelical, and progressive theologians * Includes a useful timeline to orientate the reader, reading lists, and a glossary of key terms Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

City: Chicester

Pages: 1008

More info: height 264 mm width 188 mm weight 2384 gr thickness 88 mm

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Age recommended: Professional and scholarly

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey:(DC22) 230.0922

Departments: Religion;

Record updated at: 05 April, 2013 time: 05:57

Summary Students Companion to the Theologians VOLUME I Notes on Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Timeline. Early Centuries. Apocalypse of John. Arius (c.256-336). Athanasius (c.295-373). Augustine of Hippo (c.354-430). Boethius (c.475-c.524). Cappadocians (c.329-c.524). Cyril of Alexandria (c.378-444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c.381-c.451). Ephrem the Syrian (c.306-73). Ignatius of Antioch (c.35-c.110). Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd century). John the Evangelist. Marcion (c.85-c.160). Maximos the Confessor (580-662). Origen (c.185-254). The Apostle, Paul. Synoptic Evangelists: Mark, Matthew, and Luke. Tertullian (c.155-c.225). Middle Ages. Peter, Abelard (1079-1142). St Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109). Thomas, Aquinas (c.1224-74). Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153). Bonaventure (c.1217-74). Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308). Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416). William, Ockham (c.1280-c.1349). Reformation Period. John, Calvin (1509-64). Richard, Hooker (1554-1600). Martin, Luther (1483-1546). Philip, Melanchthon (1497-1560). Reformation. Teresa of Avila (1515-82). Glossary. Index. VOLUME II Notes on Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Timeline. Enlightenment and Modern Period . Baillie, Donald (1887-1954). Baillie, John (1886-1960). Barth, Karl (1886-1968). Brunner, Emil (1889-1966). Darby, John Nelson (1800-1882). Florovsky, Georges Vasilievich (1893-1979). Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831). Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804). Kierkegaard, Soren (1813-55). Lewis, C. S. (1898-1963). Newman, John Henry (1801-90). Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971). Schleiermacher, Friedrich Daniel Ernst (1768-1834). Thomasius, Gottfried (1802-75). Tillich, Paul (1886-1965). Warfield, B. B. (1851-1921). Twentieth Century to Present. Balthasar, Hans Urs von (1905-88). Black Theology. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-45). Beaurecueil, Serge Laugier de (1917-2005). Cone, James (1938- ). Farrer, A. M. (1904-68). Frei, Hans (1922-88). Gunton, Colin (1941-2003). Gutierrez, Gustavo (1928- ). Hauerwas, Stanley (1940- ). Hick, John (1922- ). Johnson, Elizabeth A. (1941- ). King, Jr., Martin Luther (1929-68). Liberal Theology. Lindbeck, George (1923- ). MacKinnon, Donald (1913-94). Milbank, John (1952- ). Moltmann, Jurgen (1926- ). Neuhaus, Richard John (1936- ). Packer, James (1926- ). Pannenberg, Wolfhart (1928- ). Price, Charles Philip (1920-99). Process Theology. Rahner, Karl (1904-84). Ruether, Rosemary Radford (1936- ). Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth (1938- ). Solle, Dorothee (1929-2003). Swinburne, Richard Granville (1934- ). Vatican II. Ward, Keith (1938- ). Glossary. Index. Top page

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