Accessible and comprehensive, Contemporary Theology: An Introduction by professor and author Kirk R. MacGregor provides a chronological survey of the major thinkers and schools of thought in modern theology in a manner that is both approachable and intriguing.
Unique among introductions to contemporary theology, MacGregor includes:
- Evangelical perspectives alongside mainline and liberal developments
- The influence of philosophy and the recent Christian philosophical renaissance on theology
- Global contributions
- Recent developments in exegetical theology
- The implications of theological shifts on ethics and church life
Contemporary Theology: An Introduction is noteworthy for making complex thought understandable and for tracing the landscape of modern theology in a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner.
Bibliography available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
In Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures, along with the accompanying textbook Contemporary Theology: An Introduction, professor and author Kirk R. MacGregor provides a chronological survey of the major thinkers and schools of thought in modern theology. Accessible and comprehensive, sessions cover the influence of philosophy and the recent Christian philosophical renaissance on theology as well as developments in exegetical theology. MacGregor also surveys evangelical perspectives alongside mainline and liberal developments, global contributions, and the implications of theological shifts on ethics and church life.
Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures feature the author's expert teaching through every chapter in the textbook and are an ideal resource for traditional students, students in distance and online-learning courses, and self-learners, wanting to better understand Christian theology.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
1 - Philosophical Backgrounds (14 min)
2 - Friedrich Schleiermacher: Founder of Modern Liberal Theology (15 min)
3 - G. W. F. Hegel: Dialectical Theology (14 min)
4 - Soren Kierkegaard: Existentialism (14 min)
5 - Early Dispensationalism (14 min)
6 - Princeton Theology (15 min)
7 - Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Practical Biblical Theology (13 min)
8 - Vatican I and Neo-Thomism (15 min)
9 - Revivalist Theology (14 min)
10 - The Social Gospel (14 min)
11 - Christian Fundamentalism (14 min)
12 - Karl Barth and Neo-Orthodoxy (15 min)
13 - Christian Realism (16 min)
14 - Pentecostalism and Latin American Pneumatology (15 min)
15 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Picture Theory, and Language Games (15 min)
16 - The Birth of Contemporary Evangelicalism (15 min)
17 - Rudolf Bultmann: Demythologization (14 min)
18 - Paul Tillich: Theology of Culture (15 min)
19 - Death of God Theologies (15 min)
These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
In Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures, along with the accompanying textbook Contemporary Theology: An Introduction, professor and author Kirk R. MacGregor provides a chronological survey of the major thinkers and schools of thought in modern theology. Accessible and comprehensive, sessions cover the influence of philosophy and the recent Christian philosophical renaissance on theology as well as developments in exegetical theology. MacGregor also surveys evangelical perspectives alongside mainline and liberal developments, global contributions, and the implications of theological shifts on ethics and church life.
Contemporary Theology: Audio Lectures feature the author's expert teaching through every chapter in the textbook and are an ideal resource for traditional students, students in distance and online-learning courses, and self-learners, wanting to better understand Christian theology.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
20 - Roman Catholic Theology from Vatican II to the Present (15 min)
21 - Process Theology (15 min)
22 - Jurgen Moltmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg: Theology of Hope (15 min)
23 - John Howard Yoder: Current Anabaptist Theology (15 min)
24 - Liberation Theology (15 min)
25 - Feminist Theology (15 min)
26 - Evangelical Complementarianism and Egalitarianism (15 min)
27 - Reformed Epistemology (15 min)
28 - African Christology: Healer and Ancestor (15 min)
29 - Postmodern Theology (15 min)
30 - Open Theism (14 min)
31 - Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Theology (15 min)
32 - Chinese Eschatology (14 min)
33 - Postliberal Theology (15 min)
34 - Theology and the Arts (15 min)
35 - A New Perspective on Paul and Justification (14 min)
36 - Theological Interpretation of Scripture (14 min)
37 - Evolutionary Creation (15 min)
38 - Postconservative Theology (15 min)
