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BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THEOLOGY

Here you will find resources related to select Christian theologians** and various theological schools of thought or issues. 

 

                                 Our current Bibliography of Interest:  Your Library Guide to Luther Seminary's "ABIDE" Initiative

                         
                                       For recommended Biographies of many of these theologians see our 'Theological and Spiritual Biographies' Guide

 

 

TIMELINE OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIANS

The Early Church, ca. 30-600
 Athanasius of Alexandria  Gregory of Nyssa  Gregory of Nazianzus
Augustine, St., Bishop of Hippo Cyril of Alexandria Basil "the Great" of Caesarea
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon John Chrysostom Ambrose of Milan
St. Anthony and the Desert Fathers Origen of Alexandria Saint Jerome 

 

The Middle Ages, 600-1500
Aquinas, St. Thomas  Julian of Norwich Jan Hus
Francis, of Assisi St. Anselm of Canterbury

Duns Scotus
William of Ockham (new March 2024) Bernard of Clairvaux (new April 2024) Meister Eckhart (in process, 4/24)
The Reformation and Counter Reformation
Jean Calvin                             Erasmus of Rotterdam           Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits
Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon  
Ulrich Zwingli Martin Bucer  

 

The Early Modern Period, 1500-1900

 

Jonathan Edwards and the Puritans George Whitefield and the 'Great Awakening'
Soren Kierkegaard John Bunyan
John Wesley and the Methodists Friedrich Schleiermacher (new March 2024)

 

 

The 20th Century to the Present

                                                                             For dozens more 20th & 21st century theologians search by 'Theological Schools' (above)

Althaus-Reid, Marcella  Dube, Musa

Niebuhr, Reinhold
Barth, Karl Grenz, Stanley Pannenberg, Wolfhart
Bloesch, Donald Gutierrez, Gustavo Sittler, Joseph
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria Solle, Dorothee
Brueggemann, Walter

Kuyper, Abraham & Public Theology

 Tillich, Paul
Bultmann, Rudolph Lewis, C.S.

Wright, N.T.
Cone, James Moltmann, Jurgen Yong, Amos