Most links below connect you to scanned, published books and articles made available by Google Books (often 75% of content). Importantly, Google Books allows you to search within a volume and also across volumes (rather than across the entire WWW). The Google Book Project also makes hard to find and expensive monographs readily accessible to students and researchers alike. This Reading Room collects those relevant materials on one page.
NB: For bibliographic management and notetaking while reading, Zotero is highly recommended ("a free, easy-to-use Mozilla Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources"). For page snapshots and printing of Google Book pages, try Microsoft's snipping tool (paste text into Word -- or Zotero). -Dr. Arnold Neufeldt-Fast
Tyndale students should also refer to the full-text ebooks in theology available via the library
Theological Dictionaries and Encyclopedia
It is good to begin your research with one or two theological dictionaries or encyclopedia. You may then wish to explore the volumes in the second section below, or begin a specific search for full-text articles in Tyndale`s eJournal databases (available only to students and faculty). A search within Google Books may also yield good results. See also Tyndale's In-Ministry MDiv Systematic Theology Workshop.
- 101 Key Terms in Philosophy and Their Importance for Theology. Kelly James Clark, Richard Lints, James K. A. Smith, eds. Westminster John Knox, 2004.
- Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology Walter Ellwell, ed. Baker, 1996 (Full text available on-line).
- Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology. S. Gareth J. Jones, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.
- Blackwell Companion to Political Theology. Ed. Peter Scott, William T. Cavanaugh. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004.
- Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology. Graham Ward, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2001.
- Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth Century Theology. D. A. Fergusson, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Blackwell Companion to the Theologians. 2 Vols. Ed. Ian S. Markham. John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Ed. Alister E. McGrath and Duncan Forrester. Wiley-Blackwell, 1995.
- Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians. P.W. Carey and J. T. Lienhard, ed. Greenwood, 2000.
- Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Traugott-Bautz, 2008. (Church history: up-to-date bibliographic materials connected with short [German] scholarly biographies).
- Brill Dictionary of Religion. K. von Stuckrad, C. Auffarth, J. Bernard and H. Mohr, eds. Brill, 2006. 4 vols. (available as eBook to the Tyndale community only over the Gale Virtual Reference Library).
- Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology. Wesley Wildman, ed.
- Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine. Colin Gunton, ed. Cambridge, 1997 [also copy); also the Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology, T. Larsonm, ed. 2007; Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology, Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed. Cambridge, 2003. See whole Cambridge Companion to Theology Series (The Cambridge Collections Online series available to Tyndale students as full-text ebooks)
- Companion Encyclopedia of Theology. Peter Byrne, James Leslie Houlden, eds. Taylor & Francis, 1995 (for Tyndale community only - NetLibrary and/or eBrary).
- Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology. Millard Erickson, ed. Good News, 2001 (brief definitions; popular).
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Concise Dictionary of Theology. G. O`Collins, E. G. Farrugia, ed. Paulist, 2000.
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- Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations. E. Kessler and N. Wenborn, eds. Cambridge, 2005.
- Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. Jean-Yves Lacoste, ed. Routledge, 2005 (scholarly).
- Encyclopedia of Christianity, Vol. 1, A-D; Vol. 2, E-I; Vol. 3, J-O; Vol. 4, P-Sh; Vol. 5, Si-Z. Erwin Fahlbusch, ed. G.W. Bromiley, trans. Brill/Eerdmans, 2001; 2008 (scholarly).
- Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Randall H. Balmer, ed. Baylor University Press, 2004 (brief articles, minimal bibliographical info).
- Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd ed. 22 vol, 2007, available as Tyndale eBook - Gale Virtual Reference; those outside the Tyndale community may wish to use instead the Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906; 15,000 articles; on-line; dated).
- Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith. Donald K. McKim, David F. Wright, eds. Westminster John Knox, 1992.
- Encyclopedia of Religion. Lindsay Jones, ed. 2nd edition. Macmillan, 2005. 15 vols. (available as eBook to the Tyndale community only over the Gale Virtual Reference Library).
- Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. W. Swatos Jr., ed. (on-line encyclopedia, Hartford Seminary)
- Encyclopedia of Theology: A Concise Sacramentum Mundi. Karl Rahner, ed. Continuum, 1975 (scholarly; contemporary Roman Catholic).
- Essential Theological Terms. Justo L. González. Westminster John Knox, 2005.
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia, Sam Steiner, ed. (on-line encyclopedia, Conrad Grebel University College, Univ. of Waterloo).
- Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church. Ed. W.A. Dyrness, V.-M. Kärkkäinen. InterVarsity, 2008.
- Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies. Orlando O. Espin, James B. Nickoloff, eds. Liturgical Press, 2007 (3000+ entries, 60+ authors).
- New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. 15 vol, 2003, available as Tyndale eBook - Gale Virtual Reference; those outside the Tyndale community may wish to use the Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) Kevin Knight, on-line ed. (academic, but dated).
- Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion: 300 Terms & Thinkers Clearly & Concisely Defined. C.S. Evans, Stanley J. Grenz, J.T. Smith, eds. InterVarsity Press, 2002.
- Theologische Realenzyklopädie [NB: links at bottom of my Barth Literatur Page]. Vol. 1-36. Walter de Gruyter, 1977-2004. [The massive 36 volume TRE is the most important German language theological encyclopedia /reference work available].
- Theologisches Fach- und Fremdwörterbuch. Friedrich Hauck and Gerhard Schwinge, eds. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002.
- Westiminster Dictionary of Christian Theology. Alan Richardson and John Bowden, ed. Westminster, 1983 (very good; check mirror edition A New Dictionary of Christian Theology. SCM-Canterbury, 1983; full-text available as Tyndale eBook - NetLibrary).
- Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms. Donald McKim, ed. Westminster John Knox, 1996 (brief, very good definitions; full-text available to Tyndale via EBSCO).
- Westminster Handbooks to Evangelical Theology, ed. R.E. Olson, 2004 (also published as: The SCM Press A-Z of Evangelical Theology, 2005); Patristic Theology, J.A. McGuckin, ed., 2004; Reformed Theology, Donald K. McKim, ed., 2001; Thomas Aquinas, J.P. Wawrykow, ed., 2005; Origen, J.A. McGuckin, ed., 2004
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Contemporary Theology: Systematic Theologies, Readers, Introductory Texts
- Aiken, D., D.P. Nelson, P.R. Schemm, eds. A Theology for the Church. B & H, 2007.
- Allen, Diogenes and E.O. Springsted. Philosophy for Understanding Theology, 2nd ed. Westminster John Knox Press, 2007 (see also first edition, 1985); also Allen & Springsted, eds. Primary Readings in Philosophy for Understanding Theology. Westminster John Knox, 1992; Allen, Christian Belief in a Postmodern World: The Full Wealth of Conviction. Westminster John Knox, 1989.
- Alston, Wallace M. and Michael Welker, eds. Reformed Theology: Identity and Ecumenicity. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003; Vol. II, 2007.
- Anderson, Ray. An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches. InterVarsity, 2006.
- Anderson, W.P. and R.L Diesslin, ed. A Journey Through Christian Theology: With Texts from the First to the Twenty-first Century. Fortress, 2000.
- Badham, Roger A. Introduction to Christian Theology: Contemporary North American Perspectives. Westminster John Knox, 1998.
- Barth, Karl. See Tyndale's Karl Barth Reading Room for extensive resources.
- Berkhof, Hendrikus. Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Study of the Faith. Sierd Woudstra, trans. Eerdmans, 2002.
- Berkhof, Louis. Systematic Theology. Eerdmans, 1996; also Berkhof, Summary of Christian Doctrine (same as Manual). Eerdmans, 1939.
- Bloesch, Donald. Christian Foundations. A Theology of Word & Spirit: Authority & Method in Theology, 2005; God, the Almighty: Power, Wisdom, Holiness, Love, 2005; The Holy Spirit: Works & Gifts, 2006; Holy Scripture: Revelation, Inspiration & Interpretation, 2005; Jesus Christ: Savior & Lord, 2006; The Church: Sacraments, Worship, Ministry, Mission, 2002; The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, Glory, 2004.
- Boff, Leonardo. Essential Care: An Ethics of Human Nature. Baylor, 2008.
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. See Tyndale's Dietrich Bonhoeffer Reading Room for extensive resources.
- Brunner, Emil. Dogmatics I: The Christian Doctrine of God; Dogmatics II: The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Redemption; Dogmatics III: The Christian Doctrine of the Church, Faith and the Consummation. James Clarke, 2002; Our Faith. J.W. Rilling, tran. Scribners, 1954.
- Buschart, David. Exploring Protestant Traditions: An Invitation to Theological Hospitality. InterVarsity, 2006.
- Chan, Simon. Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life. InterVarsity, 1998; Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition. Continuum, 2001.
- Childs, Brevard S. Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible. Fortress Press, 1993.
- Chopp, Rebbecca S. and Mark L. Lewis, eds. Reconstructing Christian Theology. Fortress Press, 1994 (see also copy).
- Cunliffe-Jones, Hubert. History of Christian Doctrine. Continuum, 2006.
- Dalferth, Ingolf. Becoming Present: An Inquiry Into the Christian Sense of the Presence of God. Peeters, 2006 (see other German writings).
- Davis, Leo D. The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology. Liturgical, 1990.
- Dulles, Avery. The Assurance of Things Hoped for: A Theology of Christian Faith. Oxford, 1997.
- Ebeling, Gerhard. Dogmatik des christlichen Glaubens. Band I; Band II. Band III. Mohr Siebeck, 1979; Lutherstudien, Band II/2: Disputatio de Homine;Band III. Mohr Siebeck, 1985; Wort und Glaube, Bd. II; Bd. III Mohr Siebeck, 1969; 1975.
- Evans, James H. We Have Been Believers: An African-American Systematic Theology. Fortress Press, 1992.
- Flint, Thomas P., and Michael Cannon Rea, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology. Oxford, 2009 (also full-text for Tyndale community).
- Ford, David. The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918. Blackwell, 2005 (also copy; 1997 ed., copy 1; 1997 ed., copy 2); The Future of Christian Theology. Blackwell, 2011.
- Finger, Thomas N. Christian Theology: An Eschatological Approach. 2 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1985 (full text available as eBook, NetLibrary- for Tyndale students only); also Finger, A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology: Biblical, Historical, Constructive. InterVarsity, 2004.
- Fiorenza, Francis Schüssler, and J. P. Galvin, eds. Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, Vol. 1; Vol. 2. Fortress, 1991; 1992.
- Grenz, Stanley J. Theology for the Community of God. Eerdmans, 2000; see also Grenz, The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei. Westminster John Knox, 2001; Revisioning Evangelical Theology: A Fresh Agenda for the 21st Century. InterVarsity, 1993; Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology. Fortress, 2004; The Named God and the Question of Being: A Trinitarian Theo-ontology. Westminster John Knox, 2005; What Christians really believe--and why. Westminster John Knox, 1998 (full text avail. toTyndale via EBSCO).
- Grenz, Stanley J., and John R. Franke. Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context. Westminster John Knox, 2001.
- Grenz, Stanley J., and Roger E. Olson. 20th Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age.. InterVarsity, 1997; Grenz and Olson, Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God. InterVarsity, 1996.
- Gritsch, Eric W., and Robert W. Jenson. Lutheranism: The Theological Movement and Its Confessional Writings. Fortress, 1976.
- Grudem, Wayne. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. Zondervan, 1994.
- Guarino, Thomas G. Foundations of Systematic Theology. Continuum, 2005.
- Gunton, Colin E. The Promise of Trinitarian Theology. Continuum, 2003 (copy); Intellect and Action: Elucidations on Christian Theology and the Life of Faith. Continuum, 2005; The Actuality of Atonement: A Study of Metaphor, Rationality and the Christian Tradition. Continuum, 2003; The One, the Three, and the Many: God, Creation, and the Culture of Modernity. Cambridge University, 1993; also Gunton, ed., The Doctrine of Creation. Continuum, 2004; Act and Being: Towards a Theology of the Divine Attributes. Eerdmans, 2003.
- Gunton, Colin E., Stephen R. Holmes, Murray Rae, eds. The Practice of Theology: A Reader. SCM-Canterbury, 2001.
- Guthrie, Shirley. Christian Doctrine. Westminster John Knox, 1994.
- Gutierrez, Gustavo. Essential Writings. James B. Nickoloff, ed. Fortress, 1996. Other Liberation theology texts: Robert McAffee Brown, Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide. Westminster John Knox, 1993; Christopher Rowland, The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Hall, Douglas John. Christian Theology in a North American Context. Thinking the Faith; Professing the Faith; Confessing the Faith: Fortress, 1991; 1996; 1998.
- Hall, Stuart, G. Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church. Eerdmans, 20052.
- Hanson, Bradley C. Introduction to Christian Theology. Fortress, 1997.
- Härle, Wilfried. Dogmatik, 3. Aufl., 2007 (see also 2. Aufl., 2000).
- Hart, David Bentley. The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth. Eerdmans, 2004.
- Hauerwas, Stanley. See Tyndale's Stanley Hauerwas Reading Room.
- Helm, Paul. Faith and Understanding. Eerdmans, 1997.
- Higgens, Gregory C. The Tapestry of Christian Theology: Modern Minds on the Biblical Narrative. Paulist, 2003.
- Hinlicky, Paul R. Luther and the Beloved Community: A Path for Christian Theology after Christendom. Eerdmans, 2010.
- Hodgson, Peter Crafts. Winds of the Spirit: A Constructive Christian Theology. Westminster John Knox, 1994.
- Hodgson, Peter Crafts and Robert Harlen King, eds. Christian Theology: An Introduction to Its Traditions and Tasks. Fortress Press, 1994 (also copy); see also Hodgson and King, eds., Readings in Christian Theology (see also mirror site). Fortress, 1985.
- Inbody, Tyron. The Faith of the Christian Church: An Introduction to Theology. Eerdmans Publishing, 2005 (see also copy).
- Jenson, Robert. Systematic Theology, vol. 1: The Triune God (see also mirror copy); vol. 2: The Works of God Oxford University, 2001/1997. See also Jenson and Carl E. Braaten, eds., A Map of Twentieth-century Theology: Readings from Karl Barth to Radical Pluralism. Fortress Press, 1995.
- Jinkens, Michael. Invitation to Theology: A Guide to Study, Conversation and Practice. InterVarsity Press, 2001.
- Johnson, Alan F. and Robert E. Webber. What Christians Believe: A Biblical and Historical Summary. Zondevan, 1993.
- Jüngel, Eberhard. See Tyndale's Eberhard Jüngel Reading Room for resources.
- Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti. One with God: Salvation as Deification and Justification. Liturgical, 2005; Trinity and Religious Pluralism: The Doctrine of the Trinity in Christian Theology of Religions. Ashgate, 2004; An Introduction to the Theology of Religions: Biblical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives. InterVarsity, 2003; An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Ecumenical, Historical & Global Perspectives. InterVarsity, 2002.
- Kelly, J.N.D. Early Christian Doctrines. Continuum, 2005; Early Christian Creeds. Continuum, 2006.
- Kennedy, Philip. Twentieth Century Theologians: A New Introduction to Modern Christian Thought. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010 (full-text access for Tyndale students only)
- Kirk, J. Andrew. What Is Mission? Theological Explorations. Fortress, 2000; Kirk, Mission Under Scrutiny: Confronting Contemporary Challenges. Fortress, 2006. Further Missional theology texts see Lesslie Newbigin below; also: John Thompson, The Triune God and Mission, Modern Trinitarian Perspectives. Oxford University Press, 1994. Ch. 4; David Claydon, ed., A New Vision, a New Heart, a Renewed Call: Lausanne Occasional Papers from the 2004 Forum for World Evangelization. William Carey Library, 2006; Ross Langmead, The Word Made Flesh: Towards an Incarnational Missiology. University Press of America, 2004. See also Tyndale's Missional Church Resources.
- Knight, Douglas H. The Eschatological Economy: Time and the Hospitality of God. Eerdmans, 2006 (see also mirror copy).
- Kraus, C. Norman. Jesus Christ our Lord. Christology from Disciple`s Perspective. Herald Press, 1987; God our Savior: Theology in a Christological Mode. Herald Press, 1991 (full text available as eBook, NetLibrary- for Tyndale students only).
- Küng, Hans. Theology for the Third Millennium: An Ecumenical View. Anchor, 1988 (full text for Tyndale community); The Incarnation of God: An Introduction to Hegel's Theological Thought as Prolegomena to a Future Christology. John Stephenson, trans. Continuum, 1987; What I believe. Continuum, 2010 (full-text for Tyndale community via EBSCO).
- Larsen, Timothy. ed. The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology. Cambridge University, 2007.
- Lindbeck, George. The Nature of Doctrine: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age. Westminster John Knox, 1984; see also Vol. 1: The Enlightenment and the Nineteenth Century (also copy); Vol. 2: The Twentieth Century (also copy). Fortress, 2006.
- Lewis, C.S. See Tyndale's C.S. Lewis Reading Room.
- Loades, Ann, Jeff Astley and David Brown. God in Action: A Reader. Problems in Theology 5. Continuum, 2005.
- Lohse, Bernhard. A Short History of Christian Doctrine: From the First Century to the Present. F. Ernest Stoeffer, trans. Fortress, 1978.
- McDermott, Gerald, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology. Oxford, 2010 (full-text ebook for Tyndale students here).
- McEnhill, Peter, and G. M. Newlands, G. M. Fifty Key Christian Thinkers. Routledge, 2004 (full text avail to Tyndale via EBSCO).
- McGrath, Alister. Introduction to Christian Theology. 5th edition (Blackwell, 2011); 4th edition (2007); 3rd edition (2001); The Christian Theology Reader. 3rd edition (Blackwell, 2007); 2nd edition (2001); Historical Theology: An Introduction to the History of Christian Thought. Wiley-Blackwell, 1998 (also copy 1; copy 2); An Introduction to Christianity. Wiley-Blackwell, 1997; Understanding Doctrine: Its Relevance and Purpose for Today. Zondervan, 1992; A Scientific Theology: Vol. 1: Nature (click for another copy); Vol. 2: Reality; Vol. 3: Theory (click for another copy. Eerdmans, 2001; Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification. 3rd ed. Cambridge, 2005 (full text avail. to Tyndale via EBSCO).
- McKim, Donald K. Theological Turning Points: Major Issues in Christian Thought. Westminster John Knox, 1989.
- Metzger, Paul L., ed. Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology. Continuum International, 2005.
- Milbank, John. Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon. Routledge, 2003 (also copy).
- Milbank, John, et al., eds. Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology. Routledge, 1999; Beauty and the Soul, in: Theological Perspectives on God and Beauty, J. Milbank et al., eds. Continuum, 2003. Ch. 1, pp. 1-34.
- Migliore, Daniel L. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology. Eerdmans, 2004 (excellent); also The Power of God and the gods of Power. Westminster John Knox, 2008.
- Moltmann, Jürgen. See Tyndale's Moltmann Reading Room for extensive links.
- Muller, Richard A. The Study of Theology: From Biblical Interpretation to Contemporary Formulation. Zondervan, 1991.
- Murphy, Nancey C. Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning. Cornell, 1993; also (with G. Ellis) On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics. Fortress, 1996.
- Newbigin, Lesslie. See both Newbigin.Net and Tyndale's Newbigin Reading Room for on-line materials by and on Newbigin.
- Olsen, Roger E. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. InterVarsity, 1999; (with Christopher Alan Hall) The Trinity. Eerdmans, 2002.
- Osterhaven, Maurice. The Faith of the Church: A Reformed Perspective on Its Historical Development. Eerdmans, 1982.
- Packer, J.I. Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs. Tyndale House, 2001.
- Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Systematic Theology, vol. 1 (see also copy; German); vol. 2; vol. 3. G. W. Bromiley, trans. Eerdmans, 1991 (German; see detailed synopsis [German] by G. Wenz); also Pannenberg, Jesus God and Man. L.L. Wilkins, D.A. Priebe, trans. Westminster John Knox, 1982; An Introduction to Systematic Theology. Eerdmans, 1991; Anthropology in Theological Perspective. Matthew J. O`Connell, trans. Continuum, 2004; Toward a Theology of Nature: Essays on Science and Faith. Ted Peters, ed. Westminster John Knox, 1993; Metaphysics and the Idea of God. Philip Clayton, trans. Eerdmans, 2001 (see also Grenz on Pannenberg). Grundfragen systematischer Theologie: Gesammelte Aufsätze 2. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1979.
- Percy, Martyn. Engaging with Contemporary Culture: Christianity, Theology, and the Concrete Church. Ashgate, 2005.
- Peters, Ted. God--the World`s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era. Fortress, 2000; God as Trinity: Relationality and Temporality in Divine Life. Westminster John Knox, 1993; Anticipating Omega: Science, Faith, and Our Ultimate Future. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006.
- Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Christian Tradition. A History of the Development of Doctrine. Vol. 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600); Vol. 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom; Vol. 3: The Growth of Medieval Theology (600-1300); Vol. 4: Reformation of the Church and Doctrine (1300-1700); Vol. 5: Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (Since 1700). University of Chicago, 1989; 1989; 1991.
- Placher, William C. A History of Christian Theology: An Introduction.. Westminster John Knox, 1983; Unapologetic Theology: A Christian Voice in a Pluralistic Conversation. Westminster John Knox, 1989; The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking about God Went Wrong. Westminster John Knox, 1996; Jesus the Savior: The Meaning of Jesus Christ for Christian Faith. John Knox, 2001; Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology, and Scripture. Westminster John Knox, 1994; also Placher, ed., Readings in the History of Christian Theology, Vol. 1: From Its Beginnings to the Eve of the Reformation (also copy); Vol. 2: From the Reformation to the Present. Westminster John Knox, 1988; Placher, ed., Essentials of Christian Theology. Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.
- Ruether, Rosemary Radford. Sexism and God-talk: Toward a Feminist Theology. Beacon, 1993. Other feminist theology texts: Susan Frank Parsons, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology. Cambridge, 2002 (full-text available as Tyndale eBook - NetLibrary); Ann Loades, ed. Feminist Theology: A Reader. Westminster John Knox, 1990.
- Russell, Letty. Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. Westminster John Knox, 1986 (available as Tyndale eBook - NetLibrary); Human Liberation in a Feminist Perspective--a Theology. Westminster John Knox, 1974; Becoming Human. Westminster John Knox, 1982; The Future of Partnership. Westminster John Knox, 1979; Church in the Round: Feminist Interpretation of the Church. Westminster John Knox, 1993; Household of Freedom: Authority in Feminist Theology. Westminster John Knox, 1987.
- Sauter, Gerhard. Protestant Theology at the Crossroads: How to Face the Crucial Tasks for Theology in the Twenty-first Century. Eerdmans, 2007.
- Sawyer, M. James. The Survivor`s Guide to Theology. Zondervan, 2006.
- Schwarz, Hans. Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years. Eerdmans, 2005; see also Schwarz, Christology; Eschatology; Creation. Eerdmans, 1998; 2000; 2002. The Christian Church: Biblical Origin, Historical Transformation, and Potential for the Future. Augsburg, 2007; Method and Context as Problems for Contemporary Theology: Doing Theology in an Alien World. Edwin Mellen, 1991.
- Schwöbel, Christoph. Gott in Beziehung: Studien zur Dogmatik. Mohr Siebeck, 2002; Christlicher glaube im Pluralismus: Studien zu einer Theologie der Kultur. Mohr Siebeck, 2003.
- Spykman, Gordon J. Reformational Theology: A New Paradigm for Doing Dogmatics. Eerdmans, 1992.
- Shepherd, Victor. Our Evangelical Faith. Clements, 2006.
- Shortt, Rupert. God`s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation. Eerdmans, 2005.
- Shults, F. LeRon. Reforming the Doctrine of God: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality. Eerdmans, 2005 (also copy); Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical Turn to Relationality. Eerdmans, 2003.
- Soelle, Dorothee. Suffering. E.R. Kalin, trans. Fortress, 1984.
- Steinmetz, David. Taking the Long View: Christian Theology in Historical Perspective. Oxford, 2011.
- Stroup, George, et al., eds. Reformed Reader: A Sourcebook in Christian Theology. Vol. 1: 1519-1799 (also copy); Vol. II: 1799-Present. Westminster John Knox, 2002; 1993.
- Tanner, Kathryn. Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology. Fortress, 2001.
- Thielicke, Helmut. A Little Exercise for Young Theologians. Eerdmans, 1962; Modern Faith and Thought. Eerdmans, 1990 (see also German); Der evangelische Glaube, Bd. 3: Theologie des Geistes. Mohr Siebeck, 1978.
- Tillich, Paul. A History of Christian Thought. Carl E. Braaten, trans. Simon and Schuster, 1972; Systematic Theology, vol. 1;vol. 2 (preview for vol. 3 not avail.). University of Chicago, 1973; 1975; also Tillich, Main Works, Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 4; Vol. 5; Writings in Social Philosophy and Ethics; Vol 6. R.P. Scharlemann, et al., ed. Walter de Gruyter, 1987; 1992. See also M.K. Taylor, ed., Paul Tillich: Theologian of the Boundaries (Selection). Fortress, 1991(see also Religion, Kultur, Gesellschaft: Erster Teil); A History of Christian Thought, Simon & Schuster, 1972; The Protestant Era. J.L. Adams, trans. Univ. of Chicago, 1948 (see also other books by Tillich).
- Torrance, Ian, John B. Webster, Kathryn Tanner, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology. Oxford, 2007 (Tyndale students have access to full-text ebook).
- Treier, Daniel J. Virtue and the Voice of God: Toward Theology as Wisdom. Eerdmans, 2006.
- Van Beeck, Frans Jozef. God Encountered: A Contemporary Catholic Systematic Theology, Vol 1: Understanding the Christian Faith, 1994; Vol. 2/II: The Revelation of the Glory. One God, 1994; Vol. 2/IV: The Genealogy of Depravity: Living Alive to the Living God. Liturgical, 2000.
- Von Harnack, Adolf. History of Dogma (Boston, 1895-1900). Vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6, vol. 7 (of 7). See also Outlines of Dogma (1893).
- Vanhoozer, Kevin J. The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-linguistic Approach to Christian Theology. Westminster John Knox, 2005.
- Volf, Miroslav. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity. Eerdmans, 1998; The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World. Eerdmans, 2006; with Judith M. Gundry Volf, A Spacious Heart: Essays on Identity and Belonging. Gracewing Publishing, 1997; with M. Welker, eds., God`s Life in Trinity. Fortress, 2006; with D. Bass, eds., Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. Eerdmans, 2002.
- Von Balthasar, Hans Urs. Theo-Logic, vol. 1: Truth of the World. Ignatius, 2000; vol. 2: Truth of the Spirit, 2005; also von Balthasar, Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory, vol. 1: Prolegomena; vol. 2: Dramatis Personae: Man in God; vol.3: Dramatis Personae, Persons in Christ; vol. 4: The Action; vol.5: The Last Act. Graham Harrison, trans. Ignatius, 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, vol. 1: Seeing the Form (see also mirror copy); vol. 2: Studies in Theological Style--Clergy Style; vol. 3: Studies in Theological Style--Lay Styles; vol. 4: The Realm of Metaphysics in Antiquity; vol. 5: The Realm of Metaphysics in the Modern Age; vol. 6: Theology--The Old Covenant; vol. 7: Theology--The New Covenant.
- Wainwright, Geoffrey. Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine and Life: A Systematic Theology. Oxford University, 1984.
- Webster, John. Confessing God: Essays in Christian Dogmatics II. Continuum, 2005; Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch. Cambridge University, 2003.
- Webster, J., K. Tanner and I. Torrance, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology.. Oxford University, 2007.
- Welker, Michael. God the Spirit: A Theology of the Holy Spirit John F. Hoffmeyer, trans. Fortress, 1994; Creation and Reality. John F. Hoffmeyer, trans. Fortress, 1999; What Happens in Holy Communion?. John F. Hoffmeyer. Eerdmans, 2000.
- Williams, A. N. The Architecture of Theology: Structure, System, and Ratio. Oxford, 2011.
- Wilson, Jonathan R. A Primer for Christian Doctrine. Eerdmans, 2005.
- Woodbridge, J.D. and T.E. McComiskey, eds. Doing Theology in Today`s World: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Kantzer. Zondervan, 1994.
- Yoder, John H. The Politics of Jesus: Vicit Agnus Noster. Eerdmans, 1994; Yoder, and Michael G. Cartwright, Peter Ochs. The Jewish-Christian Schism Revisited. Eerdmans, 2003; For the Nations: Essays Evangelical and Public. Eerdmans, 1997. See also Tyndale's John Howard Yoder Reading Room.
- Zizioulas, John D. Being as Community. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's, 1985 (Eastern Orthodox). Other Orthodox theology texts: Christos Yiannaras, Elements of Faith: An Introduction to Orthodox Theology. Keith Schram, trans. Continuum, 1991; Vladimir Lossky, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church St Vladimir`s Seminary Press, 1976; John Meyendorff, Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes. Fordham, 1979; D. Staniloae. The Experience of God. Orthodox Dogmatic Theology: The World, Creation and Deification. R. Barringer. Continuum, 2000; Paul Valliere, Modern Russian Theology: Bukharev, Soloviev, Bulgakov: Orthodox Theology in a New Key. Continuum, 2000.
Doctrines
- Doctine of the Trinity (see Tyndale's Doctrine of the Trinity Reading Room)
- ... under construction
Other Theology Resources on the WWW
- Fides Quaerens Internetum (Individual theologians -works & discussions/ Theology pages by tradition/ denomination)
- Orthodox Church Fathers: Christian Theology Classics Search Engine
- The Wesley Centre Online (historical and scholarly resources about the Wesleyan Tradition)
- Theology Library, Spring Hill College (Jesuits)-links to articles 19,000+
- Internet Theology Resources (well-organized for Systematic Theology; strong on Middle Ages and recent Roman Catholic doctrine)
- Christian Resources (General & by denomination)
- Virtual Religion Index
- Deep Water: Social Bookmarking of Theology Resources
- Internet Christian Library (Guide to Christian Resources, Literature, Organizations on the net)
- Religion Online (full-texts by scholars)
- Wabash Center`s Internet Guide to Religion
- Bibliographies for Theology
- Liberation Theology Resources (English articles, essays, links)
- Theology for Beginners (Faith and Theology Blog--brief, but pretty good)
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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