THE BLACKWELL COMPANION TO NINETEENTH-CENTURY THEOLOGY
"An excellent collection of essays on a century crucial for modern
theological, religious and anti-religious thought."
Janet Martin Soskice, University of Cambridge
"This latest contribution to the Blackwell Companions to Religion
masterfully summarizes the major trends in Christian theology during the
enormously fertile period stretching from the Enlightenment to the
Social Gospel and Modernism. An invaluable reference work that tracks
developments across confessions and continents, this volume gives the
lie to facile generalizations about nineteenth-century theology by
illustrating the extraordinary range and depth of Christian thought
through a tumultuous era that was in many respects the crucible for our
own."
Ian A. McFarland, Emory University
The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth-Century Theology presents a
comprehensive account of the most significant theological figures and
developments of thought that emerged in Europe and America during the
nineteenth century. Bringing together newly commissioned research from
prominent Biblical scholars, historians, and theologians, the book
covers the key thinkers, confessional traditions, and major religious
movements of the period.
The contributors' international scholarship ensures balanced viewpoints
as well as an ecumenical scope, with treatments of Catholic, Russian
Orthodox, and Protestant theologies included. Along with thoughtful
analysis of such prominent thinkers as Kant and Kierkegaard, the volume
considers the influence of Darwin and the natural sciences on theology,
and debates the role and influence of the "antitheologians" - the
nineteenth-century thinkers whose conscious rejection of religion
continued to have an impact on twentieth-century theology.
Representing the most up-to-date theological research, The Blackwell
Companion to Nineteenth-Century Theology offers an engaging and
illuminating overview of a period that exercises a significant influence
on contemporary theology.
