Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xi List of Modern Theologians xiii Introduction 1Rachel Muers and Ashley Cocksworth Section A The Modern Theologians in Their Contexts 9 Part I Geographical Contexts 11 1 African Theology 13Elias Kifon Bongmba 2 African Women’s Theology 28Esther Mombo 3 Latin American Liberation Theology 39Rebecca S. Chopp, Ethna Regan, and David Tombs 4 Gustavo Gutiérrez 53O. Ernesto Valiente 5 Twentieth-Century Theology in North America 65K. Healan Gaston 6 James H. Cone 81Anthony G. Reddie 7 Rosemary Radford Ruether 92Lilian Calles Barger 8 Paul Tillich 103Rachel Sophia Baard 9 The Niebuhrs 114Joshua Mauldin 10 Western Europe 125Philip G. Ziegler 11 Karl Barth 140Hanna Reichel 12 Karl Rahner 152 Karen Kilby 13 Hans Urs von Balthasar 162Mark McInroy 14 Dietrich Bonhoeffer 175Eleanor McLaughlin 15 South Asia 189Felix Wilfred 16 Korea 205Sung Bihn Yim 17 China 218Alexander Chow Part II Ecclesial Contexts 231 18 Catholic Theology after Vatican II 233Paul D. Murray 19 Pentecostal Theology 251Sammy Alfaro 20 Ecumenical Theology 264Odair Pedroso Mateus 21 Evangelical Theology 278Sung Wook Chung 22 Anglican Theology 291Joseph D. Galgalo and Jenny Leith 23 Orthodox Theology 303Paul Ladouceur and Brandon Gallaher Part III Theological Movements 323 24 Feminist Theology 325Karen O’Donnell 25 Postcolonial Theologies 337Susan Abraham 26 Queer Theology 350Patrick S. Cheng 27 Postliberal Theology 364Ben Fulford Part IV Practices of Engagement 379 28 Practical and Pastoral Theology 381Katie Cross 29 Philosophy and Theology 395Nicholas Adams 30 Biblical Interpretation 409Susannah Ticciati 31 Spirituality and Theology 422Andrew Prevot 32 Liturgical Theology 434Stephen Burns Section B Contemporary Theology and Its Challenges 447 Part V Theology, Arts, and Sciences 449 33 Theology and Music 451Jeremy S. Begbie 34 Theology and Literature 464Kevin Hart 35 Theology and Popular Culture 476Clive Marsh 36 Theology and Film 489Jolyon Mitchell 37 Theology and the Visual Arts 505Chloë Reddaway 38 Theology and the Physical Sciences 520David Wilkinson 39 Theology and the Biological Sciences 533Celia Deane-Drummond 40 Theology and the Social Sciences 546Luke Bretherton Part VI Theology Between Faiths 559 41 Judaism 561 Randi Rashkover 42 Islam 574Joshua Ralston 43 Buddhism 588Michael Barnes 44 Hinduism 601Julius Lipner 45 Theology and Religious Plurality 615Jenny Daggers Part VII Theology Facing Contemporary Challenges 631 46 Theology and Capitalism 633Devin Singh 47 Theology and Race 647Brian Bantum 48 Theology and (Neo)Nationalism 660Ulrich Schmiedel 49 Theology and Ecological Destruction 674Ernst M. Conradie Index 687

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