Medieval Theologians

G. R. Evans is Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books in the fields of patristic, medieval, and Reformation history and theology including Augustine on Evil, Problems of Authority in the Reformation Debates, The Church and the Churches, Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Ages, and Anselm. Dr Evans is a prominent member of the Church and Order Advisory Group of the Church of England and has written extensively on contemporary ecclesiological issues.

• Preface. List of Contributors.Introduction. .Part I: The End of the Ancient World.1. Augustine of Hippo (John Rist).2. Boethius, Cassiodorus, Gregory the Great (Charles Kannengiesser).3. Postpatristic Byzantine Theologians (Andrew Louth).Part II: The Carolingians.4. Bede the Theologian (Benedicta Ward).5. Carolingian Theology (Willemien Otten).Part III: Rediscovering the Ancient Literature.6. Berengar,Roscelin, and Peter Damian (G. R. Evans).7. Anselm of Canterbury (G. R. Evans).8. Peter Abelard and Gilbert of Poitiers (Lauge O. Nielsen).9. Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St. Thierry, the Victorines (Emero Stiegman).10. The Glossa Ordinaria (Jenny Swanson).11. Peter Lombard (Marcia Colish).Part IV: The High Medieval Debate.12. Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (Michael Robson).13. Thomas Aquinas (Fergus Kerr).14. Later Medieval Mystics (Oliver Davies).15. Academic Controversies (Takashi Shogimen).16. Duns Scotus and William Ockham (Alexander Broadie).Part V: Dissidence.17. The Waldenses (Euan Cameron).18. Dualism (Gerhard Rottenw?hrer).19. Ecclesiology and Politics (Matthew Kempshall).20. Wyclif and Lollardy (Stephen Lahey).Conclusion.21. Robert Kilwardby, Gabriel Biel, and Luther's Saving Faith (G. R. Evans).22. Augustine, the Medieval Theologians and the Reformation (Paul Rorem).Index.

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