• In this major reference work, a team of the world's leading theologians provides a powerful overview of modern theology
• Covers theology's relation to other disciplines, the history of theology, major themes, key figures and contemporary issues
• Can be used as the basis for an introductory course or as an essential reference source

This comprehensive The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible offers a broad overview and survey of Old Testament study. It consists of newly commissioned articles from an impressive range of top international Old Testament scholars, from the UK, Europe, Israel, Canada and the US.

• Explores the history, archaeology, theology, sociology, and ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible
• Addresses questions of methodology, interpretation, and the academic study of the Old Testament
• Features a useful introduction that provides an overview of the...

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion is presented in three comprehensive parts. Written by a range of outstanding academics, the volume explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look in future.

• Explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look at the beginning of the next millennium.
  
• Traces the boundaries between sociology and other closely related disciplines, such as theology and social anthropology.
  
• Edited by one of the best known and most widely...

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion is presented in three comprehensive parts. Written by a range of outstanding academics, the volume explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look in future.

• Explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look at the beginning of the next millennium.
  
• Traces the boundaries between sociology and other closely related disciplines, such as theology and social anthropology.
  
• Edited by one of the best known and most widely...

Written by internationally renowned scholars, this Companion maps the moral teachings of the world's religions, and also charts new directions for work in the field of religious ethics.

• Now available in paperback, this is a rich resource for understanding the moral teachings and practices of the world's religions
  
• Includes detailed discussions of issues in moral theory
  
• Offers extensive treatment of the world's major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese religions and African...

This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism.

• Co-edited by leading Protestant theologians Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks, with contributions from internationally renowned scholars.
  
• Opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa.
  
• Includes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher and Barth.
  This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Pro...

The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality is a comprehensive single-volume introduction to Christian spirituality, and represents the most significant recent developments in the field.

• Offers a thoroughly interdisciplinary, broadly ecumenical, and representative overview of the most significant recent developments in the field
  
• Comprises essays combining rigorous academic scholarship with accessible and elegant writing
  
• Reflects an understanding of the field as the study of the lived experience of Christian faith and discipleship
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The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought reflects the variety of trends, voices, and opinions in the contemporary Muslim intellectual scene.

• Challenges Western misconceptions about the modern Muslim world in general and the Arab world in particular.
  
• Consists of 36 important essays written by contemporary Muslim thinkers and scholars.
  
• Covers issues such as Islamic tradition, modernity, globalization, feminism, the West, the USA, reform, and secularism.
  
• Helps readers to situate Islamic...

This Companion provides a definitive collection of essays on postmodern theology, drawing on the work of those individuals who have made a distinctive contribution to the field, and whose work will be significant for the theologies written in the new millennium.

• The definitive collection of essays on postmodern theology, drawing on the work of those individuals who have made a distinctive contribution to the field.
  
• Each essay is introduced with a short account of the writer's previous work, enabling the reader to view it in context.
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Written by a team of international experts, drawn from various traditions of political theology, this outstanding resource brings together 35 newly-commissioned essays in the field.

• Demonstrates that Christian theology is inherently political and shows how theology impacts on present-day political issues.
  
• Considers the interface of theology with political ideologies, including the contribution of theology to feminist, ecological, black and pacifist movements.
  
• Assesses the contribution of the major political theologians and...