Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Patristic and Medieval
6. 1. Patristic and Medieval Theologies of Scripture 11
7. 2. Origen 21
8. 3. St. Augustine 39
9. 4. St. Thomas Aquinas 60
10. Part II: Reformation and Counter-Reformation
11. 5. Theologies of Scripture in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation 83
12. 6. Martin Luther 94
13. 7. John Calvin 114
14. 8. Scripture and Theology in Early Modern Catholicism 134
15. Part III. Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
16. 9. Theologies of Scripture in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 157
17. 10. Friedrich Schleiermacher 165
18. 11. Karl Barth 183
19. 12. Hans Urs von Balthasar 202
20. 13. Hans Frei 220
21. Part IV: Contextual Theologies of Scripture
22. 14. Tradition and Traditions 243
23. 15. Scripture, Feminism, and Sexuality 261
24. 16. Scripture in the African-American Christian Tradition 282
25. 17. Postmodern Scripture 300
26. About the Contributors 323
27. Index 327