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Tables of Contents for Companion Encyclopedia of Theology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
General Introduction
ix
Leslie Houlden
Peter Byrne
The contributors
xiii
PART I: THE BIBLE
Introduction
3
4
Leslie Houlden
The Hebrew Bible: formation and character
7
21
John Barton
The Hebrew Bible: role in Judaism
28
19
Gary Gilbert
Alan F. Segal
The Christian adoption of the Old Testament
47
17
G. R. Evans
The Old Testament: historical study and new roles
64
21
John Rogerson
The New Testament: content and character
85
17
Leslie Houlden
The New Testament: the tradition of interpretation
102
20
John Muddiman
The New Testament in theology
122
20
Heikki Raisanen
The Bible as holy book
142
26
Stephen Prickett
PART II: THE TRADITION
Introduction
163
5
Leslie Houlden
Jesus in history and belief
168
19
Leslie Houlden
The triune God of the Bible and the emergence of orthodoxy
187
19
Robert L. Wilken
Christendom: medieval Christianity
206
24
David d'Avray
The transition to modernity
230
21
Alister McGrath
The Enlightenment
251
21
John Kent
Theology now
272
19
Keith Clements
Christian theology and other faiths
291
23
Gavin D'Costa
Christian theology's dialogue with culture
314
28
Frank Burch Brown
PART III: PHILOSOPHY
Introduction
337
5
Peter Byrne
The concept of God
342
25
Keith Ward
The idea of reason
367
21
Terence Penelhum
Natural theology
388
25
David A. Pailin
Religious language
413
20
Mark Wynn
Theology and scientific understanding
433
20
Peter Byrne
Theological anthropology
453
19
Roger Trigg
Evil and theology
472
18
Stewart Sutherland
Feminism in the philosophy of religion
490
24
Grace Jantzen
PART IV: SPIRITUALITY
Introduction
511
3
Leslie Houlden
Spirituality and theology
514
22
Philip Sheldrake
Patristic spirituality
536
22
Anthony Meredith
Mysticism and devotion in the Middle Ages
558
18
Benedicta Ward
Religious experience in the era of reform
576
18
Rowan Williams
Theology and spirituality in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
594
26
Terry Tastard
Religious experience and language
620
22
William J. Wainwright
Spirituality and liberation
642
23
Kenneth Leech
Spirituality and liturgy
665
26
Gordon S. Wakefield
PART V: PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
Introduction
687
4
Peter Byrne
The idea of Christian ethics
691
25
James M. Gustafson
Violence, warfare and peace
716
22
Barrie Paskins
Ethics and the personal life
738
21
Helen Oppenheimer
Theology, wealth and social justice
759
18
Jack Mahoney
Power and the State
777
17
Edward Norman
The pastoral experience
794
23
Jack Dominian
Theology, medicine and health
817
26
John Morgan
Environmental ethics
843
32
Stephen Clark
PART VI: CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: SCENE AND PROSPECT
Introduction
871
4
Leslie Houlden
The character and possibility of Christian theology today
875
20
John Kent
Making sense of God
895
22
Theodore Jennings
The figure of Jesus Christ in contemporary Christianity
917
20
John Macquarrie
The Trinity in modern theology
937
21
Colin Gunton
Theology in the narrative mode
958
18
Brian Horne
Theology in the dogmatic mode
976
25
Paul Avis
Theology as praxis
1001
16
Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Theology and the future of the Church
1017
19
Walter Hollenweger
Index
1036