The a brief guide McDermott, Gerald R. (Gerald Robert) creator text bibliography ilu Downers Grove, Ill IVP Academic c2010 2010 monographic eng

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214 p. : 23 cm. Why study theology? -- Origen : oft-reviled but the greatest teacher after the apostles -- Athanasius : the black monk who saved the faith -- Augustine : the most influential theologian ever -- Thomas Aquinas : the teacher of the Catholic Church -- Martin Luther : the monk who rose up against heaven and earth -- John Calvin : greatest theologian of the reformed tradition -- Jonathan Edwards : America's theologian -- Friedrich Schleiermacher : father of liberal theology -- John Henry Newman : Anglican theologian who swam the Tiber -- Karl Barth : most influential twentieth-century theologian -- Hans Urs von Balthasar : stellar Catholic theologian of the twentieth century -- What these theologians teach us about theology. Gerald R. McDermott. Includes bibliographical references and index. Theology History Theologians BT21.3 .M33 2010 230.092/2 9780830838752 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0830838759 2009042069 DLC 091006 20190326165728.0 15934392