Each individual portrait in this anthology includes a biographical introduction, an overview of theological or philosophical writing, presentation of key thoughts, and contextual placing of the thinker within 20th Century religious discourse. Overview articles explore postmodern theology, radical orthodoxy, ecumenical theology, feminist theology, and liberation theology. A final section includes portraits of important thinkers who have influenced Christian thought from other fields, not least from Continental philosophy and literature.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• PART I: INTRODUCTIONS
• 1 A Century of Theological Creativity: Perspectives on the Renewal and Development of the Christian Tradition - Staale Johannes Kristiansen and Svein Rise
• 2 Protestant Theology in the Twentieth Century - Niels Henrik Gregersen
• 3 Catholic Theology in the Twentieth Century - Tracey Rowland
• 4 Orthodox Theology in the Twentieth Century - Aristotle Papanikolaou
• PART II: PROTESTANT THEOLOGIANS (CONTINENTAL AND SCANDINAVIAN)
• 5 Karl Barth - Harald Hegstad
• 6 Rudolf Bultmann - Svein Aage Christoffersen
• 7 Werner Elert - Bernt T. Oftestad
• 8 Paul Tillich - Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen
• 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Trygve Wyller
• 10 Knud Ejler Løgstrup - Svein Aage Christoffersen
• 11 Regin Prenter - Ådne Njå
• 12 Gustaf Wingren - Jonny Karlsson
• 13 Jürgen Moltmann - Idar Kjølsvik
• 14 Wolfhart Pannenberg - Svein Rise
• 15 Eberhard Jüngel - Kjetil Hafstad
• PART III: CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS
• 16 Henri de Lubac - Fergus Kerr
• 17 Yves Congar - Gabriel Flynn
• 18 Karl Rahner - Svein Rise
• 19 Bernard Lonergan - Kirsten Busch Nielsen
• 20 Hans Urs von Balthasar - Staale Johannes Kristiansen
• 21 Jean Daniélou - Aidan Nichols
• 22 Edward Schillebeeckx - Olav Hovdelien
• 23 John Paul II/Karol Wojtyła - Michael Waldstein
• 24 Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger - Gösta Hallonsten
• 25 Hans Küng - Hermann Häring
• 26 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza - Annelies Moeser
• PART IV: ORTHODOX THEOLOGIANS
• 27 Sergei Bulgakov - Andrew Louth
• 28 Georges Florovsky - Brandon Gallaher
• 29 Nicolas Afanasiev - Michael Plekon
• 30 Vladimir Lossky - Matti Kotiranta
• 31 Dumitru Stăniloae - Calinic Berger
• 32 Alexander Schmemann - Sigurd Hareide
• 33 Matta El-Meskeen - Samuel Rubenson
• 34 Emilianos Timiadis - Gunnar af Hällström
• 35 Johannes Zizioulas - Lars Erik Rikheim
• PART V: BRITISH AND AMERICAN THEOLOGIANS
• 36 Austin Farrer - Margaret Yee
• 37 Michael Ramsey - Rowan Williams
• 38 Henry Chadwick - G.R. Evans
• 39 Jaroslav Pelikan - Jan Schumacher
• 40 George Lindbeck - Roland Spjuth
• 41 Robert W. Jenson - Olli-Pekka Vainio
• 42 Sallie McFague - Ellen T. Armour
• 43 David Tracy - Jan-Olav Henriksen
• 44 Stanley Hauerwas - Arne Rasmusson
• 45 Sarah Coakley - Linn Marie Tonstad
• 46 Alister E. McGrath - Olli-Pekka Vainio
• PART VI: THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
• 47 Postmodern Theology - Jayne Svenungsson
• 48 Radical Orthodoxy - Ola Sigurdson
• 49 Feminist Theology - Astri Hauge
• 50 Ecumenical Theology - Peter Lodberg
• 51 Liberation Theology - Sturla J. Stålsett
• 52 Pentecostal Theology - Frank D. Macchia
• PART VII: THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE
• 53 G.K. Chesterton - Torbjørn Holt
• 54 Jacques Maritain - Gregory M. Reichberg
• 55 Edith Stein - Tor Martin Møller
• 56 C.S. Lewis - Oskar Skarsaune
• 57 Northrop Frye - Jan Schumacher
• 58 Paul Ricoeur - René Rosfort
• 59 Thomas Merton - Henning Sandström
• 60 Christos Yannaras - Norman Russell
• 61 John D. Caputo - Neal DeRoo
• 62 Jean-Luc Marion - Jan-Olav Henriksen