The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism - (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion) by Alister E McGrath & Darren C Marks (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism.

• Co-edited by leading Protestant theologians Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks, with contributions from internationally renowned scholars.
  
• Opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa.
  
• Includes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher and Barth.
  
• Considers the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life, including the arts, politics, the law and science.
  
• Debates the future of Protestantism in both Western and non-Western settings.

From the Back Cover

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.

Review Quotes

"The value of the work lies in the amount of information it contains, and in the readiness of the many writers, coming from many denominations (Anglican and other) to identify themselves as convinced, though self-critical, Protestants. It will be a tonic to those who have got used to hearing 'Protestant' treated as a dirty word."
Roger Beckwith, Oxford, Anglican Evangelical Journal for Theology and Mission

About the Author

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.