The student's companion to the theologians / edited by Ian S. Markham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markham, Ian S., editor.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion.

Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--History.

Theology.

Theologians--Biography.

Theologians.

Theologians--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 556 pages).

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 ChristianityStructured accessibly around five periods: early centuries, middle ages, reformation period, the Enlightenment, and the twentieth-century to the presentA to Z entries range from substantial essays to shorter overviews, each of which locates

Contents:

Cover; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Notes on Contributors; Preface; I. Purpose of This Book; I. Selection; II. Invitation to Participation; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Early Centuries; The Apocalypse of John; Arius (c.256-336); Life; II. Writings; Theology; III. Significance; Athanasius (c.295-373); Life; II. Works; Theology; Significance; Augustine of Hippo (c.354-430); Life; II. Theology; II. Writings; Boethius (c.475-c.524); I. Life and Context; I. Intellectual Influences and Program; Logic in the Service of Theology; II. The Consolation of Philosophy

The Cappadocians (c.329-c.524)Basil of Caesarea; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gregory of Nyssa; Cyril of Alexandria (c.378-444) and Nestorius of Constantinople (c.381-c.451); Introduction; Cyril of Alexandria; Nestorius of Constantinople; Conclusion; Ephrem the Syrian (c.306-73); I. Life; I. Theology; Ignatius of Antioch (c.35-c.110); Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd century); Divine Intellect; Salvation History/Economy; Summing up/Recapitulation; Participation; John the Evangelist; Introduction; II. Theological Context and History of the Johannine Writings; II. Theological Method and Message in John

II. The Theological Agenda: Seeking the TruthII. Postscript: Johannine Effects; Marcion (c.85-c.160); Maximos the Confessor (580-662); Life; II. Works; III. Ascetical Works; II. Dogmatic Works; II. Exegetical Works; III. Liturgical Works; II. Epistles; III. Scholia to Corpus Dionysiacum; Hagiography; III. Theology; Influence; Origen (c.185-254); Life; II. Writings; II. Theology; II. Significance; The Apostle Paul; The Apostle Paul in His Immediate Context; II. The Letters of Paul as Sources for Understanding His Theology; II. Overall Theological Issues in Paul; III. Conclusion

The Synoptic Evangelists:Mark, Matthew, and LukeIntroduction; II. Mark; II. Matthew; II. Luke; Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) (c.155-c.225); I. His Literary Works; I. The New Prophecy; II. Tradition; I. Scripture; II. Doctrinal Foundations; I. Manuscripts; Middle Ages; Peter Abelard (1079-1142); St Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109); Life; II. Method; III. Theology; II. Significance; Thomas Aquinas, OP (c.1224-74); Life; II. Early Education; II. Thomas and Aristotelian Philosophy; University Studies; III. Teacher and Writer; III. Thomas the Intellectual Mystic

Modern InfluenceBernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153); Bonaventure (c.1217-74); I. Life; I. Works; II. Theology; Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308); Background; II. Christocentrism and the Immaculate Conception; II. Theological Language; III. Divine Infinity and the Formal Distinction; II. The Metaphysics of the Trinity; II. God's Existence; II. The Proof for the Trinity; II. God's Knowledge and Will, Ethics, and Human Freedom; Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416); William Ockham (c.1280-c.1349); Conclusion; Reformation Period; John Calvin (1509-64); Introduction; II. Key Influences; Richard Hooker (1554-1600)

I. Hooker's Life and Context

Notes:

"First published in hardback as The Blackwell companion to the theologians (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009)"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 7, 2016).

ISBN:

1-118-42717-3

1-283-97785-0

1-4443-0865-3

1-78268-756-4

1-4443-0864-5

1-118-49644-2

OCLC:

826488607