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This Companion is for students, lay people, and scholars who want a one volume review of the tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present. Established world scholars present up to date and accessible essays on all aspects of Jewish Theology.

This Companion is for students, lay people, and scholars who want a one volume review of the tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present. Established world scholars present up to date and accessible essays on all aspects of Jewish Theology.

An authoritative guide to Augustine's Confessions - a literary classic and one of the most important theological/philosophical works of Late Antiquity. This Cambridge Companion demonstrate how each generation reads the Confessions in light of current questions and circumstances, and how the text continues to remain relevant and raise new questions.

This volume features an impressive array of leading biblical scholars and presents an illuminating and lively cross-section of this traditional field of study. Treating core topics and changing methodologies within twenty-three comprehensive chapters, this Companion provides an outstanding introduction to the historical origins and literary character of the canonical literature.

Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, this Companion addresses a variety of topics, including student loan debt, criminal justice reform, ethnicity and inclusion, family systems, and military violence. It is important reading for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses in ethics.

Drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems, this Companion addresses a variety of topics, including student loan debt, criminal justice reform, ethnicity and inclusion, family systems, and military violence. It is important reading for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses in ethics.

The Second Vatican Council was the most significant event in the history of Roman Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation. Unfortunately, the enormous amount of documentation produced by the council has proven daunting to many. This Companion helps the reader better grasp the abiding significance of this council for Catholicism today.

Written by international experts, this Companion provides an authoritative and comparative study of miracles in the major world religions, as well as older, indigenous religions. The authors promote a discussion of the problems of miracles in our diverse and secular culture, and of the value of miracles in religious belief.

The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and his letters. Composed of sixteen essays by an international team of scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse.

This collection of essays by an internationally prominent group of scholars addresses themes central to the tradition of modern Jewish philosophy from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. Included are essays on Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, Fackenheim, Soloveitchik, Strauss, and Levinas.

This Companion provides an accessible introduction to Martin Luther for students of theology and history. Leading scholars join to present a full picture of Luther's contexts, the major themes in his writings, and the ways in which his ideas spread and have continuing importance today.

Karl Rahner (1904-84) was one of the most significant theological voices of the twentieth century. This Cambridge Companion provides an accessible introduction to the main themes of Rahner's work and will be of interest to both students and scholars alike.

Theologians have responded in many different ways to the challenges posed by theories of postmodernity. This introductory 2003 guide offers examples of different types of contemporary theology in relation to postmodernity, and examines the key Christian doctrines in postmodern perspective. Leading theologians contribute to this clear and informative Companion.

The Cambridge Companion to St Paul provides an important assessment of the apostle Paul and a fresh appreciation of his continuing significance today. With eighteen chapters written by a team of leading international Pauline specialists, this Companion will have wide appeal and provide an invaluable starting point for subsequent studies.

The collection offers a set of specially commissioned essays on the leading twentieth-century Protestant theologian Karl Barth, whose work is enjoying renewed attention. The essays introduce the major features of Barth's work and offer evaluations of his significance for contemporary Christian theology.

Karl Rahner (1904-84) was one of the most significant theological voices of the twentieth century. This Cambridge Companion provides an accessible introduction to the main themes of Rahner's work and will be of interest to both students and scholars alike.

This Companion brings together a wide range of theologians both to outline and to assess the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), one of the most prolific and creative theologians of the twentieth century who is just now coming to prominence.

This Companion serves as a guide for readers wanting to explore the thought and legacy of the great German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45). Its chapters, written by authors from differing national, theological and church contexts, provide an introduction to, and commentary on, Bonhoeffer's life, work and writing.

This book provides an accessible yet stimulating introduction for new readers and non-specialists to the main themes of Christian doctrine. The fourteen specially commissioned essays from leading theologians in Britain and America document the variety, coherence and intellectual vitality of contemporary Christian thought.

Following the same formula as other Cambridge Companions, this book is written by leading international experts in Christian ethics and is aimed at students on upper-level undergraduate courses, and at graduate students and teachers. Its eighteen chapters provide a comprehensive introduction to Christian ethics which is both authoritative and up-to-date.

The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and his letters. Composed of sixteen essays by an international team of scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse.

Known as the 'Father of modern theology' Friedrich Schleiermacher is without a doubt one of the most important theologians in the history of Christianity. This is the first book in English introducing readers to all the important aspects of Schleiermacher's thought in a systematic way.

This book is a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology. Firstly, it describes its main features and examines what its major concerns and questions have been. Secondly, it presents analyses of the essential matters of Christian doctrine written by those who have learned from feminist theology.

This authoritative Companion to the theologian Paul Tillich provides an accessible account of the major themes in his diverse theological writings. It embodies and develops recent renewed interest in Tillich's theology and reaffirms him as a major figure in today's theological landscape.

Dr McKim gathers an international array of major Calvin scholars, both historians and theologians, to present a full picture of Calvin's contexts, the major themes in Calvin's writings, and the ways in which his thought spread and has increasing importance today. This is an accessible introduction for specialists and non-specialists.

This Companion incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus the Jew with the 'bigger issues' of critical method, the story of Christian faith and study, and Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam.

The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the theology and theologians of the Reformation period. Each chapter is written by a leading authority in the field and provides an up-to-date account and analysis of the thought associated with a major figure or movement.

For students, teachers, lecturers, clergy and lay people who are curious about the gospels: why are there four gospels, not just one or more than four?; what is a gospel anyway?; what is the distinctive flavour of each gospel?; why have the gospels had such an impact down through history?; and what do scholars make of the gospels today?

For students, teachers, lecturers, clergy and lay people who are curious about the gospels: why are there four gospels, not just one or more than four?; what is a gospel anyway?; what is the distinctive flavour of each gospel?; why have the gospels had such an impact down through history?; and what do scholars make of the gospels today?

This Companion explores how the Christian doctrine of the Trinity has been understood and articulated in the last two thousand years. The Trinitarian theologies of key theologians are carefully examined, and the doctrine of the Trinity is brought into dialogue with different religions as well as with other Christian beliefs.