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The Student's Companion to the Theologians
Paperback
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion, Book 86
ISBN13: 9781118472583
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: Mar 8 2013
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.30 Width: 7.40 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
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.
--Stephen H Webb, Wabash University
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.
- Comprises over 75 entries on the most important and influential figures in the history of Christianity, written by an international team of nearly 50 contemporary theologians
- 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
- Accessibly structured around five periods: early centuries, middle ages, reformation period, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth-century to the present
- Provides profiles of key Catholic, protestant, evangelical, and progressive theologians
- Explains the technical details of theology in accurate and accessible ways, and includes a variety of student aids, including a timeline to orientate the reader, reading lists, and a glossary of key terms
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