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This text offers a fresh approach to modern theology by approaching the field thematically, covering classic topics in Christian theology over the last two hundred years. The editors, leading authorities on the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology, have assembled a respected team of international scholars to offer substantive treatment of important doctrines and key debates in...

We set out to uncover the “defining moments” that gave birth to “modern” theology. Our efforts have not resulted in a comprehensive definition, but they were not intended to. This much can be said with all due tentativeness. First, “modern” theologians will share a commitment either to mediation or to speculation—if they do not tend simply to bracket off the problems created for Christian theology by the natural sciences altogether. “Mediation” as I have
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