The Student's Companion to the Theologians

ISBN-13: 9781118472583 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 576 str.

Ian S Markham

Opis

This 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 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

Recenzje

We are all grateful that Markham has given us such a fine work, particularly helpful on ancient and contemporary theologians.   (Anglican & Episcopal History, 1 December 2015)

Notwithstanding these gaps and some odd choices, the fact that many of the entries were of an exceptionally high quality makes the Companion a reference work that is well worth the purchase price.   (Reviews in Religion & Theology, 3 July 2013)

 

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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 numerous books, including The Wiley–Blackwell Companion to the Anglican Communion (edited with J. Barney Hawkins IV, Justyn Terry & Leslie Nuñez Steffensen, 2013), Against Atheism: Why Dawkins, Hitchens, and Harris Are Fundamentally Wrong (2010), A World Religions Reader, 3rd edition (2009), Understanding Christian Doctrine (2007), and Do Morals Matter (2006), all published by Wiley–Blackwell.

Blurb

An ideal resource for students, this Companion brings together an international team of nearly 50 contemporary scholars to introduce the theologians responsible for shaping the Christian story through the ages. It comprises over 75 entries on the most important and influential figures in the history of Christianity, including amongst others, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, James Cone, and Rosemary Radford Reuther.

The volume combines authoritative profiles of key Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, and progressive theologians with a blend of substantial essays and overviews which discuss their historical significance within the field. The comprehensive A–Z entries establish each theologian within their immediate context and summarize their primary work. The companion is neatly structured around five key time periods spanning the early centuries through the Middle Ages, Reformation, Enlightenment, and the twentieth–century to the present. Incorporating a variety of student aids including a timeline, a glossary of key terms, and essential reading lists, The Student′s Companion to the Theologians provides an accessible reference to the key people who have shaped the Christian tradition.