David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books, including: Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love (2007), The Modern Theologians, 3rd edition (edited with Rachel Muers, Blackwell, 2005), and Theology: A Very Short Introduction (2000). He is a member of the editorial board of a number of major journals, including Modern Theology and Scottish Journal of Theology.

• Permissions. Acknowledgements.Prologue.Part I: The Wisdom of Theology.1. Theology.2. A Long Rumour of Wisdom. Redescribing Theology.Part II: Wisdom among the Religions.3. Faith and Change: A Christian Understanding.4. Reading Scripture with Intensity: Academic, Ecclesial, Interfaith, and Divine.5. Developing Scriptural Reasoning Further: Reflections on Scripture, Reason and the Contemporary Islam--West Encounter.Part III: Wisdom in the University.6. Knowledge, Meaning and the World's Great Challenges: Reinventing Cambridge University in the Twenty-first Century.7. Faith and Universities in a Religious and Secular World.Part IV: Theological Interpretation of the Bible.8. Divine Initiative, Human Response, and Wisdom: Interpreting 1 Corinthians Chapters 1--3.9. Barth’s Interpretation of the Bible.Part IV: Thinking Further -- Theological Topics.10. The God of Blessing Who Loves in Wisdom.11. Tragedy and Atonement.12. Apophasis and the Shoah: Where was Jesus Christ at Auschwitz?.Conclusion: Twelve Theses for Christian Theology in the Twenty-first Century.Index

"The strength of the book... lies in Ford's exploration of the disconnect between the secularized university and a world in which the majority continue to identify with a religious tradition. His clear historical summaries make the book accessible to a broader university community." (Religious Studies Review, March 2010)