The Blackwell Companion to the Theologians, 2 Volume Set

by Markham, Ian S.

• ISBN13: 9781405135078
• ISBN10: 1405135077
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-27
• 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

Author Biography

Ian S. Markham is the Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary. Awards include the Robertson Fellow 2006, Teape Lecturer in India 2004, Claggett Fellow attached to Washington National Cathedral in 2000, and Frank Woods Fellow at Trinity College, Melbourne in 1997. He is the author and editor of twelve books, including A World Religions Reader, 3rd edition (2009), Understanding Christian Doctrine (2007) and Do Morals Matter (2006), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Timeline

Early Centuries

Apocalypse of John

Arius (c.256û336)

Athanasius (c.295û373)

Augustine of Hippo (c.354û430)

Boethius (c.475ûc.524)

Cappadocians (c.329ûc.524

Cyril of Alexandria (c.378û444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c.381ûc.451

Ephrem the Syrian (c.306û73)

Ignatius of Antioch (c.35ûc.110)

Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd century)

John the Evangelist

Marcion (c.85ûc.160)

Maximos the Confessor (580û662)

Origen (c.185û254)

The Apostle, Paul

Synoptic Evangelists: Mark, Matthew, and Luke

Tertullian (c.155ûc.225)

Middle Ages

(1079û1142)

St Anselm of Canterbury (1033û1109)

(c.1224û74)

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090û1153

Bonaventure (c.1217û74

Duns Scotus (c.1266û1308

Julian of Norwich (1342ûc.1416

(c.1280ûc.1349)

Reformation Period

(1509û64)

(1554û1600)

(1483û1546)

(1497û1560)

Reformation

Teresa of Ávila (1515û82

Glossary

Index

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Timeline

Enlightenment and Modern Period

(1887û1954)

(1886û1960)

(1886û1968)

(1889û1966)

(1800û1882)

(1893û1979)

(1770û1831)

(1724û1804

(1813û55)

(1898û1963)

(1801û90)

(1892û1971)

(1768û1834)

(1802û75)

(1886û1965)

(1851û1921)

Twentieth Century to Present

(1905û88)

Black Theology

(1906û45)

(1917û2005)

(1938û )

(1904û68)

(1922û88)

(1941û2003)

(1928û)

(1940û)

(1922û)

(1941û)

(1929û68)

Liberal Theology

(1923û )

(1913û94)

(1952û)

(1926û)

(1936û)

(1926û)

(1928û)

(1920û99)

Process Theology

(1904û84)

(1936û)

(1938û)

(1929û2003)

(1934û)

Vatican II

(1938û)

Glossary

Index

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