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Altizer, Thomas (1927- )
...Thomas Altizer, 1927- (Wilfredo H.
Tangunan, 1999)
Augustine, Saint (354-430)
...Augustine and the City of God
(Mike Bone, 1996)
Aulén, Gustaf (1879-1978)
...Lundensian Theology (Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article,
so my students can tease me.)
Barth, Karl (1886-1968)
...Karl
Barth on Revelation and God's Relationship to the World
(Paul Cassell, 2005)
...The Theology of Karl Barth (Derek
Michaud, 2003)
...Karl Barth (1886-1968) (Zdravko
Kujundzija, 1999)
Bloesch, Donald G. (1928- )
...Donald G. Bloesch: Mann Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945)
...Dietrich
Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) (Matt McLaughlin, 1999)
Bultmann, Rudolf (1884-1976)
...Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1884-1976) (Matt McLaughlin, Rob Smid, 1999)
...Rudolf
Bultmann and Demythologization (Josh Reeves, 2005)
Catholic Modernism (see Roman Catholic
Modernism)
Chicago School, New
...David Tracy and the New Chicago
School: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Cobb, John B., Jr. (1925- )
...John B Cobb, Jr. (1925- ) (JeeHo Kim,
1999)
...Process Theology/John B. Cobb. Jr.
(Rolf Bouma, 1997)
...John Cobb: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Daly, Mary (1928- )
...Mary Daly (b. 1928 A.F./B.E.) (David
McMahon, 1999)
...Mary Daly: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
...Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) (Rolf Bouma,
1996)
...Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
(Matt McLaughlin, 1998)
Death of God Theology
...Thomas Altizer, 1927- (Wilfredo H.
Tangunan, 1999)
Eastern Orthodoxy (see Orthodoxy)
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
...Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
(Holly Reed, 2004)
...Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
(Brandon Daniel-Hughes, 2002)
...Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
(Philip LaFountain, 1998)
...Jonathan
Edwards (1703-1758) (Pat McLeod, 2000)
Eriugena, John Scotus (810-877)
...Notes on John Scotus Eriugena
(810-877) (Andrew Irvine, 1998)
Evangelical Theology
...American Evangelicalism and Carl
F.H. Henry (YunJung Moon, 1999)
...Carl Henry: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
...Donald G. Bloesch: Mann Quick Notes
(Mark Mann, 1997)
Evolution and Theology
...Charles
Robert Darwin (1809-1882) (Rolf Bouma,
1996)
...Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
(Matt McLaughlin, 1998)
Feminist Theology
...Feminist Theology: Rosemary
Radford Ruether/Sallie McFague (Rolf Bouma,
1997)
...Mary Daly (b.
1928 A.F./B.E.) (David McMahon, 1999)
...Mary Daly: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
...Rosemary
Radford Ruether: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
...Sallie
McFague: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Feuerbach, Ludwig (1804-1872)
...Ludwig Feuerbach and
the Essence of Christianity (Richard
Peters, Boston University, 2004)
...Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (Xiang He, Boston University,
1998)
Florovsky, Georges Vasilyevich (1893-1979)
...Georges Vasilyevich Florovsky
(1893-1979) (Phil LaFountain, 1999)
Gregory of Nazianzus (329-289)
...The
Theological Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus (Mike Bone, 1998)
Gregory of Nyssa (c.330-c.395)
...Schematization of the
Thought of Gregory of Nyssa (Mike Bone, 1998)
Harnack, Adolf von (1851-1930)
...Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)
(Andrew Irvine, 1996)
...Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)
(Salvica Jakelic, 1998)
...Adolf
von Harnack: A Critical Study (Echol Lee Nix, Jr., 2000)
Hartshorne, Charles (1897- )
...The Thought of Charles
Hartshorne (Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article,
so my students can tease me.)
...Process Theology/John B. Cobb. Jr.
(Rolf Bouma, 1997)
...Charles
Hartshorne: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Hauerwas, Stanley
...Stanley
Hauerwas
(Josh Reeves, 2005)
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831)
...Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion
(1827) (Hee Kyung Kim, 2004)
...Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) (Dennis Ford, 2000)
...Notes
on Hegel’s 1827 Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion (Rady Roldán-Figueroa,
2000)
...Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (David
McMahon and Michelle Charles, 1998)
Hegelians, Left Wing
...David Friedrich Strauss
(1808-1874) (Jee Ho Kim, 1998)
...Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (Xiang He, Boston University,
1998)
Henry, Carl (1913- )
...American Evangelicalism and Carl
F.H. Henry (YunJung Moon, 1999)
...Carl Henry: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Herrmann, Johann Wilhelm (1846-1922)
...Johann
Wilhelm Herrmann (1846-1922)
(Jason Donnelly, 2000)
Hick, John (1922- )
...John Hick: Man of
Many Mysticisms (Richard Peters, 2005)
...John Harwood Hick (Robert W. Smid, 1999)
...John Hick: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
James, William (1842-1910)
...William
James (1842-1910) (Dennis Ford, 2001)
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
...Immanuel Kant and Theology
(Richard Peters, 2004)
...Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
(Xiang He
and Matt McLaughlin, 1998)
...Notes on Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
(Andrew Irvine, 1998)
...Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
(Wonbin Park, 2000)
Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855)
...Søren
Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) (
Hee Kyung Kim, 2004)
...Søren Aaby Kierkegaard
(Trevor S. Maloney, 2002)
...Søren Kierkegaard
(Robert W. Smid, 1998)
...Søren
Kierkegaard (Imkong I. Imsong,
1998)
...Søren
Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) (
Jason Donnelly, 2000)
Left Wing Hegelians (see Hegelians, Left Wing)
Liberalism, Protestant (see Protestant Liberalism)
Liberation and Indigeneous Theologies--East Asian
...Choan Seng Song (1929- ) (James Wu,
1999)
Liberation and Indigeneous Theologies--Latin American
...Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996)
(Hyung-Kon Kim, 1999)
Liberation and Indigeneous Theologies--South Asian
...Raimon Panikkar: Mann's Quick Notes
(Mark Mann, 1997)
Lindbeck, George (1923- )
...George
A. Lindbeck and Postliberal Theology (Joas Adiprasetya, 2005)
...George Lindbeck (1923- )
(Grant D. Miller Francisco, 1999)
...George Lindbeck and the New Yale
School: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Locke, John (1632-1704)
...John Locke (1632-1704) (Slavica
Jakelic, 1998)
...John
Locke (1632-1704) (Marylu Bunting, 2000)
...John Locke (1632-1704) (Brandon
Daniel Hughes, 2002)
...John
Locke (1632-1704) (Julian Gotobed, 2004)
...John
Locke's Moral Philosophy in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
(Joas Adiprasetya, 2004)
Loisy, Alfred (1857-1949)
...Alfred Loisy
(1857-1949) (Michelle Charles, 1998)
...Alfred
Firmin Loisy (1857-1940) (Chijen James Wu, 2000)
...Abbe
Alfred Firmin Loisy: Biographical Sketch (Echol
Lee Nix, Jr., 2000)
Lonergan, Bernard (1904-1984)
...Bernard J.F. Lonergan, SJ (1904-1984)
(Grant D. Miller Francisco, 1999)
Lundensian Theology
...Lundensian Theology (Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article,
so my students can tease me.)
Lux Mundi Group
...Lux
Mundi (Bill Fraatz, MWT I, 2004)
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
...Karl
Marx (1818-1883) (Wonbin
Park, 2000)
Maritain, Jacques (1882-1973)
...Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) (Phil
LaFountain, 1999)
McFague, Sallie (1933- )
...The Theology of Sallie McFague (Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article, so my students
can tease me.)
...Feminist Theology: Rosemary
Radford Ruether/Sallie McFague (Rolf Bouma,
1997)
...Sallie McFague: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Modernism, Roman Catholic (see Roman Catholic Modernism)
Möhler, Johann Adam (1796-1838)
...Johann
Adam Möhler and His Symbolik (Rady Roldán-Figueroa,
2000)
Moltmann, Jurgen (1926- )
...Jürgen Moltmann (1926- )
(Hyung-Kon Kim, 1999)
Newman, John Henry (1801-1890)
...John
Henry Newman (1801-1890) (Philip N.
LaFountain, 1998)
...John
Henry Newman (Derek Michaud, 2002)
Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971)
...Reinhold Niebuhr
(1892-1971) (Yun Jung Moon, 1999)
...Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism (Imkong I. Imsong,
1999)
Nygren, Anders (1890-1978)
...Lundensian Theology (Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article,
so my students can tease me.)
Ogden, Schubert (1928- )
...Schubert Ogden:
Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1996)
Orthodoxy
...Georges Vasilyevich Florovsky
(1893-1979) (Phil LaFountain, 1999)
...The
Russian Orthodox Church to the Nineteenth Century (Abraham Waya,
2000)
Oxford Movement
...The Oxford
Movement (Bill Fraatz, 2004)
...John
Henry Newman (1801-1890) (Philip N. LaFountain,
1998)
...John
Henry Newman (Derek Michaud, 2002)
Panikkar, Raimon (1918- )
...Raimon Panikkar: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark
Mann, 1997)
Pannenberg, Wolfhart (1928- )
...Wolfhart Pannenberg
(1928- ) (Peter Heltzel, 1999)
Pietism
...Philipp Jakob Spener and the Rise of
Pietism in Germany (Peter Heltzel, 1998)
Pius IX (1861-1918)
...Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria
Mastai-Ferretti) (Derek Michaud, 2002)
Process Theology
...Alfred North Whitehead, 1961-1947
(David L. McMahon, 1999)
...John B Cobb, Jr. (1925- ) (JeeHo Kim,
1999)
...Charles
Hartshorne: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
...Glossary of Terms in Process Theology
(Rolf Bouma, 1997)
...Process Theology/John B. Cobb. Jr.
(Rolf Bouma, 1997)
...Schubert Ogden:
Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
...John Cobb: Mann's Quick
Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
...The Thought of Charles Hartshorne
(Wesley J. Wildman, 1988)
(My own first-year graduate school article, so my students can tease me.)
Protestant Liberalism
...Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889)
(YunJung Moon, 1998)
...Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1899): A Summary of his Introduction to A Critical History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation
(Karen-Louise
Rucks, 2002)
...Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)
(Andrew Irvine, 1996)
...Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)
(Salvica Jakelic, 1998)
...Adolf
von Harnack: A Critical Study (Echol Lee Nix, Jr., 2000)
...Johann
Wilhelm Herrmann (1846-1922)
(Jason Donnelly, 2000)
Radical Theology (see Death of God Theology)
Rahner, Karl (1904-1984)
...Karl Rahner
(1904-1984) (Joas Adiprasetya, 2005)
...Karl Rahner (1904-1984) (Phil
LaFountain, 1999)
...Karl Rahner's Christology (JeeHo
Kim, 1999)
Rauschenbusch, Walter (1861-1918)
...Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) (Jeelto Kim, 1999)
Reformed Epistemology
...Reformed
Epistemology and Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Divine Discourse (Paul
Cassell, 2005)
Ricoeur, Paul
...Paul Ricoeur: A
Hermeneutical Theologian (Peter Heltzel, 1999)
Ritschl, Albrecht (1822-1889)
...Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889)
(YunJung Moon, 1998)
...Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1899): A Summary of his Introduction to A Critical History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation
(Karen-Louise
Rucks, 2002)
Roman Catholic Modernism
...George Tyrrell
(1861-1909) (Robert W. Smid, 1998)
...Alfred
Loisy (1857-1949) (Michelle Charles,
1998)
Ruether, Rosemary Radford (1936- )
...Rosemary Radford Ruether
(1936- )
(Grant D. Miller Francisco, 1999)
...Feminist Theology:
Rosemary Radford Ruether/Sallie McFague (Rolf
Bouma, 1997)
...Rosemary
Radford Ruether: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Schleiermacher, Friedrich (1786-1834)
...Friedrich
Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
(Chijen James Wu, 2000)
...Friedrich
Schleiermacher: The Father of Modern Protestant Theology (Peter Heltzel,
1998)
...Friedrich
Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (Charles
Demm, 2000)
...Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834): Progenitor of Practical Theology
(John Tamilio III, 2002)
...Friedrich
Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
(Holly Reed, 2004)
Schweitzer, Albert (1875-1965)
...Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
(Julian Gotobed, 2004)
...Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
(Trevor S. Maloney, 2002)
Segundo, Juan Luis (1925-1996)
...Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996)
(Hyung-Kon Kim, 1999)
Social Gospel Movement
...Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) (Michelle Charles,
1998)
Song(,) Choan Seng (1929- )
...Choan Seng Song (1929- ) (James Wu,
1999)
Strauss, David Friedrich (1808-1874)
...David Friedrich Strauss
(1808-1874) (Jee Ho Kim, 1998)
Tillich, Paul (1886-1965)
...Paul Tillich: Biography and
Systematic Theology I (James Wu, 1999)
...Paul Tillich:
Systematic Theology II & III (Wilfredo Tangunan, 1999)
Torrance, Thomas (1913- )
...Thomas
Torrance (Peter Heltzel, 1999)
Tracy, David (1939- )
...David
Tracy and the Hermeneutical Task of Systematic Theology (Kevin M. Vander
Schel, 2005)
...David Tracy (Pat Henking,
1999)
...David Tracy and the New Chicago School:
Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)
Troeltsch, Ernst (1865-1923)
...Ernst
Troeltsch (1865-1923) (Julian Gotobed, 2004)
Tyrrell, George (1861-1909)
...George Tyrrell
(1861-1909) (Robert W. Smid,
1998)
Vatican II (1962-1965)
...The
Influence of the Second Vatican Council
(Kevin M. Vander Schel, 2005)
Wesley, John (1704-1791)
...John
Wesley's Life (Echol
Lee Nix, Jr., 2000)
...Themes
in Wesley’s Theological Understanding (Echol
Lee Nix, Jr., 2000)
...John Wesley (1703-1791) (Wilfredo
Tangunan, 1998)
Whitehead, Alfred North
(1861-1947)
...Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947
(David L. McMahon, 1999)
...Process Theology/John B. Cobb., Jr.
(Rolf Bouma, 1997)
Wolterstorff, Nicholas
...Reformed
Epistemology and Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Divine Discourse (Paul
Cassell, 2005)
World Parliament of Religions,
1893
...The
1893 World Parliament of Religions (Joas Adiprasetya, 2004)
Yale School, New
...George Lindbeck and the New Yale
School: Mann's Quick Notes (Mark Mann, 1997)



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