TY - BOOK AU - McDermott,Gerald R. TI - The great theologians: a brief guide SN - 9780830838752 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BT21.3 .M33 2010 U1 - 230.092/2 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Theology KW - History KW - Theologians N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why study theology? -- Origen : oft-reviled but the greatest teacher after the apostles -- Athanasius : the black monk who saved the faith -- Augustine : the most influential theologian ever -- Thomas Aquinas : the teacher of the Catholic Church -- Martin Luther : the monk who rose up against heaven and earth -- John Calvin : greatest theologian of the reformed tradition -- Jonathan Edwards : America's theologian -- Friedrich Schleiermacher : father of liberal theology -- John Henry Newman : Anglican theologian who swam the Tiber -- Karl Barth : most influential twentieth-century theologian -- Hans Urs von Balthasar : stellar Catholic theologian of the twentieth century -- What these theologians teach us about theology ER -