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Informationen zum Autor Alister E. McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. He is a world-renowned theologian, and is the author of numerous bestselling titles available through Blackwell Publishing, including Christian Theology: An Introduction (4th edition, 2007), Christian Theology Reader (3rd edition, 2007), and Dawkins' God (2005). Darren C. Marks is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Huron University College and in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of numerous articles in systematic theology and Canadian ecclesiastical history, and is the editor of Shaping a Global Theological Mind (2007) and the forthcoming Justifying God: A Theology of Sin . Klappentext This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present, and future of Protestantism. The volume opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity, looking at its historical development across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia, and Africa. This section includes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher, and Barth. The Companion then goes on to consider the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life, including the arts, politics, the law, and science. The editors and contributors take seriously the shift in Protestantism from a predominantly North Atlantic perspective to a more global reality. A final section looks to the future of Protestantism, debating what will happen to both Western and non-Western Protestant movements. Zusammenfassung Investigates the formation of Protestant identity! looking at its historical development across Europe! North America! Asia! Australasia! and Africa. This work gives the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life! including the arts! politics! the law! and science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors. Foreword: Alister E. McGrath (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) and Darren C.Marks (University of Western Ontario). Introduction: Protestantism - the Problem of Identity: Alister E. McGrath (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) and Darren C.Marks (University of Western Ontario). Part I: The Formation of Protestant Identity: History and Ideology:. European Protestantism: . 1. Protestantism in German-speaking Lands to the Present Day: Randall C. Zachman (University of Notre Dame). 2. Shapers of Protestantism: Martin Luther: Graham Tomlin (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford). 3. Shapers of Protestantism: John Calvin: Alister E. McGrath (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford). 4. Shapers of Protestantism: F.D.E.Schleiermacher: Nicholas Adams (University of Edinburgh). 5. Shapers of Protestantism: Karl Barth: John Webster (Christ Church, Oxford). 6. English Protestantism to the Present Day: Gerald Bray (Samford University). 7. Scottish Protestantism to the Present Day: Kenneth B.E. Roxburgh (Scottish Baptist College). 8. Welsh Protestantism to the Present Day: D. Densil Morgan (University of Wales). 9. Irish Protestantism to the Present Day: Alan Ford (University of Nottingham). 10. Nordic Protestantism to the Present Day: Aasulve Lande (Lunde University). 11. Protestantism in the Netherlands to the Present Day: Peter van Rooden (University of Amsterdam). 12. Protestantism in Eastern Europe to the Present Day: Parush Parushev and Toivi Pilli (International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague). 13. French Protestantism to the Present Day: Alister E. McGrath (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford). 14. Italian Protestantism to the Present Day: Alister E. McGrath (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford). North American Protestan...
