Description
Book SynopsisEngages in critical exposition and dialogue with key figures in the history of the Christian tradition, offering a lucid, synthetic account of their theology with a view to ongoing systematic theological issues.
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction
1. A King or a Fox?
Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of Scripture2. The Word Who Became Flesh:
The Center and Circumference of Athanasius's Theology3. "The Lovely Things Kept Me Far from You":
The Wayward Loves of Augustine4. "That Most Biblical of Theologians":
Denys the Areopagite and the Brilliant Darkness of God5. Faith Seeking Understanding--or Understanding Seeking Faith?
Anselm of Canterbury and the Logic of God6. "St. Thomas of the Creator":
Aquinas and the Beginning and End of All Things in God7. "One Little Word Shall Fell Him":
The Word of God and the Faith of Martin Luther8. "What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive?":
John Calvin on Having God as Father9. The Beauty of Holiness:
Jonathan Edwards's Religion of the Heart10. A Pietist of a Higher Order:
Schleiermacher, Jesus, and the Heart of Religion11. "The Happiest Theologian of Our Age":
Karl Barth on the One Word of God That We Have to HearIndexes
