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Brief Contents
Brief Contents
How to Use This Book
Introduction
- The Concept of “Theology”: A Brief Introduction
- The Architecture of Theology
- Historical Theology: Its Purpose and Place
1 Early Christian Theology: The Patristic Period, c.100–451
- A Clarification of Terms
- Difficulties in Approaching Early Christian Theology
- The Historical Background to Early Christian Theology
- Centers of Early Christian Theological Reflection
- Key Theologians
- Key Theological Developments
- Key Names, Words, and Phrases
- Case Studies
2 The Middle Ages and the Renaissance, c.500–1500
- On Defining the “Middle Ages“
- Medieval Theological Landmarks in Western Europe
- The Rise of Scholasticism
- The Italian Renaissance
- The Rise of Humanism
- Medieval Theological Landmarks in Eastern Europe
- Key Theologians
- Key Theological Developments
- Key Names, Words, and Phrases
- Case Studies
3 The Reformation and Post-Reformation Periods, 1500–1750
- Reformation – or Reformations?
- A Clarification of Terms
- Post-Reformation Movements
- Key Theologians
- Key Theological Developments
- Developments in Theological Literature
- Key Names, Words, and Phrases
- Case Studies
4 The Modern Period, 1750 – The Present Day
- A Cultural Watershed: The Enlightenment
- The Enlightenment Critique of Traditional Theology
- Romanticism and the Critique of the Enlightenment
- The Crisis of Faith in Victorian England
- The Crisis of the First World War
- Postmodernism and a New Theological Agenda
- Key Theologians
- Some Recent Western Theological Movements and Trends
- Key Names, Words, and Phrases
- Case Studies
Where Next?
- A Glossary of Theological Terms
- Sources of Citations
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
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