Best Contemporary Theology

The blog - God in a Shrinking Universe - has been asking for input on a list of the
Best Contemporary Theology work

There 108 titles on the list. Tomorrow voting begins to narrow the list down. So you have a few hours to add to the list. Title have to fit the timeframe (1981-2006).

• James Alison, Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay
• Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (1981)
• Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads
• Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theo-Dramatik (completed 1983)
• Carl Bangs, 'Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation' (1985)
• Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the eyewitnesses: the Gospels as eyewitness testimony (2006)
• Oswald Bayer: Living by Faith - Justification and Sanctification
• Kwame Bediako: Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of Non-Western Religion
• Stephen B. Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology (2002)
• Leonardo Clodvis Boff, Introducing Liberation Theology (1986)
• Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
• Ion Bria, Liturgy After the Liturgy
• Walter Brüggermann, The Prophetic Imagination
• Benezet Bujo: African Theology in its Social Context
• D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God
• William T. Cavanaugh, Torture and Eucharist
• Louis-Marie Chauvet, Symbol and Sacrament: A Sacramental Reinterpretation of Christian Existence
• Carol Christ, She Who Changes: Re-Imagining the Divine in the World.
• James Wm McClendon, Systematic Theology
• Sarah Coakley, Powers and Submissions: Philosophy, Gender, and Spirituality
• John Cobb, Christ in a Pluralistic Age
• James Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation (1981)
• Catherine Mowry LaCugna, God for Us: The Trinity in Christian Life.
• Marva Dawn, Reaching Out without Dumbing Down
• John Dear SJ, Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action
• Oliver O'Donovan, Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics (1994)
• Gary Dorrien, The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Relgion 1805-1900
• Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered
• Marc H. Ellis, Ending Auschwitz: The Future of Jewish and Christian Life
• Sallie McFague, The Body of God: An Ecological Theology
• Douglas Farrow, Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology (1999)
• Gerhard O. Forde, On Being a Theologian of the Cross (1997)
• Matthew Fox, A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity, 2006.
• Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom (1981)
• Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, 2000
• Griffiths, Bede. Return to the Center, 1982.
• Colin Gunton, The One, The Three, and The Many
• Vigen Guroian, Ethics After Christendom
• Gustavo Gutierrez, We Drink From Our Own Wells (1984)
• Douglas John Hall, The Cross in our Context
• David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite (2003)
• Stanley Hauerwas, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer on Christian Ethics
• Haught, John F. God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution, 2001.
• J. Daniel Hays, 'From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race' (2003)
• Richard B. Hays, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (1989)
• Carter Heyward, Touching Our Strength: The Erotic As Power and the Love of God
• Larry Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: devotion to Jesus in earliest Christianity (2003)
• Robert W. Jenson, Systematic Theology, 2 vols. (1997-99)
• John Paul II, Theology of the Body (1979-1984)
• Elizabeth Johnson, She Who Is
• Luke Timothy Johnson, Scripture and Discernment: Decision Making in the Church
• Serene Jones: Feminist Theory and Christian Theology (2000)
• Eberhard Jüngel, Justification: The Heart of the Christian Faith
• Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God (2003)
• Walter Kasper, Der Gott Jesu Christi (1982)
• Emmanuel Katongole: The Future of Africa
• Hans Küng, Theologie im Aufbruch
• Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
• Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
• Robert Letham, The Holy Trinity
• George A. Lindbeck: The Nature of Doctrine (1984)
• Jean Marc-Ela: African Cry
• Jean-Luc Marion, Dieu sans l'être (1982)
• Johann Baptist Metz, Faith in History and Society
• John Milbank, Theology and Social Theory (1990)
• R.W.L. Moberly, Prophecy and Discernment
• Jurgen Moltmann, The Spirit of Life
• Richard A. Muller. Post Reformation Dogmatics, Volumes I-IV. 2003
• Lesslie Newbigin, The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (1995)
• John T. Noonan, A Church that Can and Cannot Change (2005)
• Henri J.M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus
• Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982)
• Heiko A. Oberman. The Dawn of the Reformation. 1992.
• Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Beads and Strands: Reflections of an African Woman
• Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology, 3 vols. (1988-93)
• William Placher, The Domestication of the Transcendence, 2000
• Jeffery Pugh - Entertaining the Triune Mystery: God, Science, and the Space Between
• Joseph Ratzinger, Werte in Zeiten des Umbruchs: Die Herausforderungen der Zukunft bestehen (2004)
• Stephen G. Ray, Jr, Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Responsibility
• Rosemary Radford Reuther: Sexism and God-Talk (1983)
• Peter Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of God
• Hieromonk Seraphim Rose: The Soul After Death
• Jonathan Sacks, The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
• Lamin Sanneh: Translating the Message
• Edward Schillebeeckx, Pleidooi voor mensen in de kerk. Christelijke identiteit en ambten in de kerk (1985)
• David L. Schindler, Heart of the World, Center of the Church (1996)
• Harold Senkbeil, Dying to Live: The Power of Forgiveness (1994)
• Joseph Sittler: The Care of the Earth.
• Stephen Sizer, 'Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon?' (2004)
• Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy: The Law of God
• Jon Sobrino, The Principle of Mercy
• John Stott, The Cross of Christ (1986)
• Dorothee Sölle, To Work and To Love: A Theology of Creation
• Kathryn Tanner: Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology
• Anthony Thiselton, The First Epistle to the Corinthians: a commentary on the Greek text (2000)
• T. F. Torrance, The Trinitarian Faith (1985)
• David Tracy, The analogical imagination: Christian theology and the culture of pluralism (1981)
• E. Frank Tupper, A Scandalous Providence: The Jesus Story of God's Compassion
• Kevil Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine
• J. Danny Weaver, The Non-Violent Atonement
• Rowan Williams: On Christian Theology
• Clark Willimanson, Way of Blessing, Way of Life: A Christian Theology
• Miroslav Wolf : Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.
• Telford Work, Living and active: scripture in the economy of salvation (2002)
• N. T. Wright, Simply Christian
• John Howard Yoder, Body Politics.
• Yogananda, Paramahansa. The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You, 2004.
• John D. Zizioulas: Being as Communion