Inspired by Ben Meyers over at Faith and Theology, here are my top 20 most infulential theological books. The only real difference is that I’ve allowed myself to post a author more than once if absolutly necessary. Newbigin, Bonhoeffer, and von Balthasar each make it into the list twice. And with good reason as far as I’m concerned!
Also, my list excludes most pre-modern sources. Part of this is due to the unfortunate fact that I have enagaged patristic and medieval sources far too much through modern interlocutors, I must admit. But for the present, thus stands my list.
20. Henri de Lubac, Catholicism
19. Kevin Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine
18. Rowan Williams, Resurrection
17. Reinhard Hutter, Suffering Divine Things
16. Colin Gunton, The One, The Three, and The Many
15. John Zizioulas, Being as Communion
14. Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace
13. William Cavanaugh, Theopolitical Imagination
12. Bernd Wannenwetsch, Political Worship
11. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics
10. Hans Urs von Balthasar, Love Alone is Credible
9. Lesslie Newbigin, Household of God
8. Thomas Torrance, The Christian Doctrine of God
7. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sanctorum Communio
6. Robert Jenson, Systematic Theology, Volume 1: The Triune God
5. Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theo-Drama, Volume 5: The Last Act
4. Stanley Hauerwas, The Peaceable Kingdom
3. Alan Lewis, Between Cross and Resurrection
2. John Howard Yoder, The Politics of Jesus
1. Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
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