The great theologians : a brief guide /
McDermott, Gerald R.
The great theologians : a brief guide / [print] Gerald R. McDermott. - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, (c)2010. - 214 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Why study theology? -- Origen : oft-reviled but the greatest teacher after the apostles -- Athanasius : the black monk who saved the faith -- Augustine : the most influential theologian ever -- Thomas Aquinas : the teacher of the Catholic Church -- Martin Luther : the monk who rose up against heaven and earth -- John Calvin : greatest theologian of the reformed tradition -- Jonathan Edwards : America's theologian -- Friedrich Schleiermacher : father of liberal theology -- John Henry Newman : Anglican theologian who swam the Tiber -- Karl Barth : most influential twentieth-century theologian -- Hans Urs von Balthasar : stellar Catholic theologian of the twentieth century -- What these theologians teach us about theology.
Contains profiles of eleven of the most influential theologians in the history of Christianity, each with a biographical sketch, an introduction to the main themes of his thinking, and discussion of the one theme for which the person is most famous.
9780830838752
2009042069
Theologians.
BT21 BT21.M478.G743 2010
The great theologians : a brief guide / [print] Gerald R. McDermott. - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, (c)2010. - 214 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Why study theology? -- Origen : oft-reviled but the greatest teacher after the apostles -- Athanasius : the black monk who saved the faith -- Augustine : the most influential theologian ever -- Thomas Aquinas : the teacher of the Catholic Church -- Martin Luther : the monk who rose up against heaven and earth -- John Calvin : greatest theologian of the reformed tradition -- Jonathan Edwards : America's theologian -- Friedrich Schleiermacher : father of liberal theology -- John Henry Newman : Anglican theologian who swam the Tiber -- Karl Barth : most influential twentieth-century theologian -- Hans Urs von Balthasar : stellar Catholic theologian of the twentieth century -- What these theologians teach us about theology.
Contains profiles of eleven of the most influential theologians in the history of Christianity, each with a biographical sketch, an introduction to the main themes of his thinking, and discussion of the one theme for which the person is most famous.
9780830838752
2009042069
Theologians.
BT21 BT21.M478.G743 2010