Fifty Key Christian Thinkers provides both valuable information and stimulating debate on the lives and work of fifty of the most important Christian theologians. This guide provides an overview of Christian theology from the emergence of the faith 2000 years ago to the present day. Among the figures profiled in this accessible guide are:
* St Paul * Barth
* Aquinas * Boethius
* Niebuhr * Calvin
* Luther * Feuerbach
* Kierkegaard * Origen
The book's strength is its accessible format and focus, which doesn't require any background knowledge. One usually doesn't get this kind of compact, introductory information in one place. An extremely handy reference for public and academic libraries. - Library Journal
'The book's strength is its accessible format and focus... One usually doesn't get this kind of compact, introductory information in one place.' - Library Journal
'Selecting just 50 from among all the Christian thinkers who lived over the last two millennia is a difficult task... McEnhill and Newlands have made excellent choices in this book.' - Library Journal
George Newlands - Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow
Peter McEnhill - Director of Studies in Systematic Theology, & holder of the Barbour Chair in Theology at Westminster College, Cambridge & Affiliated lecturer in the faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge
Director of the Cheshunt Institute for Reformed Studies
Abelard; Anselm; Aquinas; Arius; Athanasius; Augustine; John & Donald Baillie; Barth; Boethius; Bonhoeffer; Bultmann; Brunner; Calvin; Cappadocian Fathers; Duns Scotus; Feuerbach; Forsyth; Frei; Gutierrez; Harnack; Hegel; Herrman; Hick; Irenaeus; Justin Martyr; Kant; Kierkegaard; Kung; Luther; Moltmann;Newman; Niebuhr; Ockham; Origen; Pannenberg; Paul;Rahner; Reimarus; Ritschl; Ruether; Schleiermacher;Strauss; Tertullian; Tillich; Tracy; Troeltsch; Zwingli