Introductions & Historical Background
| BIBLIOGRAPHIES |
| - New Testament |
| - Early Christianity |
| - Medieval Christianity |
| - The Reformation |
| - Spirituality & Mysticism |
| - Sacraments |
| - 20th-Century Theology |
| #1: Intros & History |
| #2: Catholic Theology |
| #3: Protestant Theology |
| #4: Liturgical Theology |
| #5: Biblical Studies |
| #6: Ecclesiology |
| #7: Social Thought |
| #8: Moral Theology |
| #9: Liberation Theology |
| #10: Papacy Since Vatican II |
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2. Theology in the 20th / 21st Century: Surveys & Handbooks 3. Vatican II: Event & Theology 4. John XXIII & the Papacy Before Vatican II 1. CHRISTIANITY IN THE 20th CENTURY
The Cambridge History of Christianity (New York / Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005- ) hardcover, $150-$200 per volume. This new comprehensive Cambridge History will be recognized in coming decades as the standard survey of Church history. Each of its massive volumes offer thorough introductions both to key events and to broad themes and includes contributions from leading contemporary historians. For researching recent developments, this is the place to begin. The two volumes which focus on the modern world are:
Thomas Bokenkotter, Church and Revolution: Catholics in the Struggle for Democracy and Social Justice (New York: Doubleday / Image, 1998) paperback, $27. Owen Chadwick, The Christian Church in the Cold War, Penguin History of the Church 7 (New York: Penguin Books, 1993) paperback, $12. Adrian Hastings, ed, A World History of Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000) paperback, $35. Michael Howard & W. Roger Louis, eds., The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) paperback, $18. Darrell Jodock, ed., Catholicism Contending With Modernity: Roman Catholic Modernism and Anti-Modernism in Historical Context (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000) hardcover, $75. Donald M. Lewis, ed., Christianity Reborn: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century, Studies in the History of Christian Missions (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004) paperback, $40. Hugh McLeod, The Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003) hardcover, $70. John McManners, ed., The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity (reprint of 1990 edition: New York: Oxford University Press, 2001) paperback. Nearly half the volume surveys Christianity since 1800. Timothy Yates, Christian Mission in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) paperback, $25.
2. THEOLOGY IN THE 20th / 21st CENTURY: SURVEYS & HANDBOOKS
James C. Livingston, Modern Christian Thought, two vol, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2006), paperback, $30 per volume. This is a superb survey of 19th and 20th Christian theology. In his review, David Schultenover, editor of Theological Studies, aptly described it as "at once thorough, succinct, eminently readable, and rooted in primary sources."
David F. Ford & Rachel Muers, eds., The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology since 1918, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005) paperback, $52. There are surprisingly few introductory surveys to contemporary theology. This volume fills an important gap. The first half has chapters on leading figures, both Protestant (Barth, Bonhoeffer, Bultmann, Tillich) and Catholic (Congar, Rahner, von Balthasar, Schillebeeckx, and Kung). The second half surveys regional theologies (North America, Latin America), themes (feminist, ecumenical, postmodern), and method (influences of natural sciences, the arts, social sciences)
Gregory Baum, ed., The Twentieth Century: A Theological Overview (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999) paperback, $20. William Cavanaugh & Peter D. Scott, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology, Blackwell Companions to Religion (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006) paperback, $45. NEW. Philip Clayton & Zachary Simpson, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006) hardcover, $160. Andrew Hass, ed., The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology, Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) hardcover, $155. NEW. Stanley Hauerwas & Samuel Wells, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006) paperback, $36. Gareth Jones, The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology, Blackwell Companions to Religion (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) paperback, $40. Alister E. McGrath, ed, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993) paperback, $43. Gilbert Meilaender & William Werpehowski, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics, Oxford Handbooks (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) hardcover, $145. Ed L. Miller & Stanley Grenz, eds., Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998) paperback, $18. Jaroslav Pelikan, Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture, vol. 5 of The Christian Tradition: A History of Development of Doctrine (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989) paperback, $19. Christopher Rowland, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology, 2nd ed., Cambridge Companions to Religion (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007) paperback, $30. NEW edition. Hans Schwartz, Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005) paperback, $45. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003) paperback, $24. Jerry Walls, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology, Oxford Handbooks to Religion and Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) hardcover, $150. NEW. Graham Ward, ed., The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology, Blackwell Companions to Religion (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) paperback, $35. John Webster, Kathryn Tanner, Iain Torrance, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology, Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) hardcover, $155. NEW.
3. VATICAN II: EVENT & THEOLOGY
Austin Flannery, ed., Vatican Council II, Vol. 1: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents, new revised edition (Northport, NY: Costello Publishing Company, 1996) paperback, $23. Vatican II has been called the most significant religious event of the 20th century. This edition of the Council’s documents has become the standard translation used by all, replacing the older (and still valuable) translation done right after the Council by Walter Abbott.
Giuseppe Alberigo & Joseph Komonchak, ed, History of Vatican II (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books / Leuven: Peeters, 1995-2006) 5 vol.; hardback. This massive project is the most thorough study of the events and debates of Vatican II to date. The authors draw on the texts of the debates, diaries of the participants, and news reports to trace out the slow evolution of each of the documents. A vital tool for all scholarly study of the Council:
Xavier Rynne, Vatican Council II (reprint: Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999) paperback, $28. Francis X. Murphy was a patristics scholar working as a peritus at Vatican II. Writing under the pseudonym of “Xavier Rynne,” he sent weekly dispatches to New Yorker magazine, published as “Letters from Vatican City.” In the process, he unveiled to the wider public what was happening behind closed doors: the backroom politics, the pitched debates, and the wide-ranging theological issues. This enormously popular account of the day-to-day happenings at the Council still reads well after 40 years—now back in print, with a new edition and preface.
Rediscovering Vatican II (New York: Paulist Press, 2005- ) paperback, $13-$20 per volume. This series offers a popular introduction to and assessment of individual documents of Vatican II, highlighting how they have been implemented over the last 40 years. Volumes to date are:
Raymond F. Bulman & Frederick J. Parrella, eds., From Trent to Vatican II: Historical and Theological Investigations (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006) paperback, $30. Robert Burns, Roman Catholicism After Vatican II (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001) paperback, $25. Adrian Hastings, ed., Modern Catholicism: Vatican II and After (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991). A valuable survey with brief articles on the major documents & figures. René Latourelle, ed., Vatican II: Assessment and Perspectives, 3 vol. (New York: Paulist Press, 1988). Timothy G. McCarthy, The Catholic Tradition: The Church in the Twentieth Century, rev. 2nd ed. (Chicago: Loyola Press, 1998) paperback, $16. John O’Malley, Stephen Schloesser, Joseph Komonchak, Neil Ormerod, Vatican II: Did Anything Happen? (New York: Continuum / T&T Clark, 2007) paperback, $17. NEW. John W. O’Malley, Tradition and Transition: Historical Perspectives on Vatican II (reprint: Academic Renewal Press, 2002) paperback, $16. Ormond Rush, Still Interpreting Vatican II: Some Hermeneutical Principles (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) paperback, $13. Alberic Stacpoole, ed., Vatican II Revisited: By Those Who Were There (Minneapolis, MN: Winston Press, 1986). Valuable articles from eyewitnesses, including Suenens, Congar, and many others. Maureen Sullivan, The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology (New York: Paulist Press, 2007) paperback, $16. NEW. Maureen Sullivan, 101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II (New York: Paulist Press, 2003) paperback, $15. Norman P. Tanner, Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, 2 vol. (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1990) hardcover. This has the Latin text of the documents with a facing English translation. Herbert Vorgrimler, ed., Commentary on the Documents of Vatican II, 5 vol. (New York: Herder & Herder, 1967). A major resource. Most of the commentaries were written by those who helped compose the documents themselves.
4. POPE JOHN XXIII & THE PAPACY BEFORE VATICAN II
Eamon Duffy, Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes, 3rd ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006) paperback, $19. A great one-volume history of the papacy originally designed to accompany a 6-part television series. Duffy, a Reformation historian by training, threads his way with finesse through a complex, many-sided history. He offers a fine brief overview of the papacy of the 20th century. A superb point-of-entry and overview.
Mario Benigni, John XXIII: The Official Biography (Pauline Books, 2002) paperback, $25. Pierre Blet, Pius XII and the Second World War (New York: Paulist Press, 1999) hardcover. Thomas Cahill, Pope John XXIII, Penguin Lives (New York: Penguin Books, 2002) hardcover, $20. Owen Chadwick, A History of the Popes, 1830-1914, Oxford History of the Christian Church (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) paperback, $55. Frank J. Coppa, The Modern Papacy Since 1789, Longman History of the Papacy (London: Longman, 1998) paperback, $62. John XXIII, Journal of a Soul: The Autobiography of Pope John XXIII (reprint: New York: Image Books, 1999) paperback, $27. Christine Feldman, Pope John XXIII: A Spiritual Biography (New York: Crossroad, 2000) paperback. Peter Hebblethwaite, John XXIII: Pope of the Century, 2nd ed. (New York: Continuum, 2000) paperback, $25. José M. Sanchez, Pius XII and the Holocaust: Understanding the Controversy (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2001) hardcover.
5. REFERENCE WORKS
David B. Barrett, ed., World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, 2 vol., 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001). Wolfgang Beinert & Francis Schussler Fiorenza, eds., Handbook of Catholic Theology (New York: Crossroad, 1995) hardcover. James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt & Trent Pomplun, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (Oxford: Blackwell, 2006) hardcover, $ 175. NEW. Chris Cook, The Routledge Companion to Christian History, Routledge Companions (New York: Routledge, 2007) paperback, $30. NEW. John Corigan, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion, Oxford Handbooks to Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007) hardcover, $150. NEW. Richard K. Fenn, ed., Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion, Blackwell Companions to Religion (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003) paperback, $40. Michael Glazier & Thomas J. Shelley, eds., Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1997) hardcover. Justo Gonzalez, ed., The Westminster Dictionary of Theologians (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2006) hardcover, $45. Roger S. Gottlieb, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology, Oxford Handbooks (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006) hardcover, $99. Adrian Hastings, Alistair Mason, Hugh Pyper, eds., Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000) hardcover, $75. Rene Latourelle & Rino Fisichella, eds., Dictionary of Fundamental Theology (New York: Crossroad, 1994) hardcover, $75. Philippe Levillain, ed., The Papacy: An Encyclopedia, 3 vols. (New York: Routledge, 2001) Richard McBrien & Harold Attridge, eds., The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism (San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1995) hardcover, $48. Josef Neuner & Jacques Dupuis, eds., The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, 7th ed. (Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 2001) hardcover, $25. Christopher O’Donnell, Ecclesia: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Church (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996). Bruno Stemier & Michael G. Parker, eds, Dictionary of Popes and the Papacy, trans. Brian McNeil & Peter Heinigg (New York: Crossroad, 2001).
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