The great theologians
Subtitle: a brief guide
By: Gerald R. McDermott.
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780830838752
Subjects: Theology -- History; Theologians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why study theology?; title: Origen : oft-reviled but the greatest teacher after the apostles; title: Athanasius : the black monk who saved the faith; title: Augustine : the most influential theologian ever; title: Thomas Aquinas : the teacher of the Catholic Church; title: Martin Luther : the monk who rose up against heaven and earth; title: John Calvin : greatest theologian of the reformed tradition; title: Jonathan Edwards : America's theologian; title: Friedrich Schleiermacher : father of liberal theology; title: John Henry Newman : Anglican theologian who swam the Tiber; title: Karl Barth : most influential twentieth-century theologian; title: Hans Urs von Balthasar : stellar Catholic theologian of the twentieth century; title: What these theologians teach us about theology.