Table of Contents

Contributors
Introduction - Ulrich L. Lehner

Part I: Theology-Context and Form
1) Theological Developments in the Non-European World 1500-1800 - R. Po-chia Hsia
2) Sources, Methods, and Forms of Early Modern Theology - Ulrich G. Leinsle
3) Theology and the Development of the European Confessional State - Paul Shore

Part II: Theological Topics
4) Mysticism and Reform in Catholic Theology between 1600 and 1800 - Ulrich L. Lehner and William P. O'Brien, SJ
5) The History of Catholic Exegesis, 1600-1800 - Marius Reiser
6) Providence, Predestination, and Grace in Early Modern Catholic Theology - Thomas Marschler
7) Baroque Catholic Theologies of Christ and Mary - Trent Pomplun
8) Catholic Moral Theology, 1550-1800 - Jean-Louis Quantin
9) Catholic Sacramental Theology in the Baroque Age - Trent Pomplun
10) Ecclesiology/Church-State Relationship in Early Modern Catholicism - Stefania Tutino

Reformed Theologies
11) Reformed Theology between 1600 and 1800 - Richard Muller
12) Scripture and Exegesis in Early Modern Reformed Theology - Carl Trueman
13) God, Creation, and Providence in Post-Reformation Reformed Theology - Andreas J. Beck
14) Christ, Predestination, and Covenant in Post-Reformation Reformed Theology - Willem J. van Asselt
15) Sin, Grace and Free Choice in Post-Reformation Reformed Theology - Stephen Hampton
16) Church and Church/State Relations in the Post-Reformation Reformed Tradition - Ian Hazlett
17) Early Modern Reformed Eschatology - Crawford Gribben

Lutheran Theologies
18) Early Modern Lutheranism - A.G. Roeber
19) Scripture and Exegesis in Early Modern Lutheranism - Benjamin T. G. Mayes
20) God, Creation, and Providence in Early Modern Lutheranism - Robert Kolb
21) Forensic Justification and Mysticism in Early Modern Lutheranism - Risto Saarinen
22) Early Modern Lutheran Ecclesiology - Ola Tjørhom
23) Sacraments in Lutheranism, 1600-1800 - John R. Stephenson

Other Christian Theologies and Awakening Movements
24) Early Modern Socinianism and Unitarianism - Sarah Mortimer
25) Early Modern Anabaptist Theologies - Jeff Bach
26) Arminian, Remonstrant, and Early Methodist Theologies - Keith D. Stanglin
27) Early Modern Pietism - Jonathan Strom and Hartmut Lehmann
28) Early Modern Jansenism - Ephraim Radner
29) Early Modern Moravianism - Craig Atwood

Part III: Theology and the Others

Western Christian Theologies and Other Religions or Churches
30) Western Theologies and Judaism in the Early Modern World - Stephen G. Burnett
31) Western Theologies and Islam in the Early Modern World - Emanuele Colombo
32) The Churches of the East and the Enlightenment - Dimitrios Moschos
33) Orthodox Influences on Early Modern Western Theologies - A.G. Roeber

Westerm Christian Theologies and Philosophies
34) Descartes, Cartesianism, and Early Modern Theology - Aza Goudriaan
35) Leibniz, Wolff, and Early Modern Theology - Ursula Goldenbaum
36) The Challenges of Empirical Understanding in Early Modern Theology - Stephen Gaukroger
37) Spinoza and Early Modern Theology - Jonathan I. Israel
38) The Anti-Theological Theology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Carolina Armenteros
39) Kant's Philosophical and Theological Commitments - Peter Yong and Eric Watkins
40) Early Modern Theology and Science - John Henry
41) The Rise of Natural Law in the Early Modern Period - Robert von Friedeburg
42) Eighteenth-Century Neology - Eric Carlsson

Index

About the Author

Ulrich L. Lehner is Professor of Religious History and Historical Theology at Marquette University.

Richard A. Muller is P.J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology at Calvin College.

A.G. Roeber is Professor of Early Modern History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews

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