The Blackwell Companion to the Theologians, 2 Volume Set

by Editor: Ian S. Markham (Virginia Theological Seminary)

• ISBN13: 9781444308648
• ISBN10: 1444308645
• Copyright: 2011-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Table of Contents

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 vila (1515-82)

Glossary

Index

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, Sren (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)

Gutirrez, 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

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