This is a thoroughly enjoyable gigantic book. Get a copy, take it to your local Starbucks, sit in a corner, turn off your electronics, and have some fun 'discussing' the important works of important theologians. And be sure to read the chapters concerning persons you've never heard of. Your theological world will be expanded. And that, in short, is the glory of this volume.

Zwinglius Redivivus

Kapic and Madueme have compiled a resource students of church history will find especially helpful … The final product is a book of immense worth to anyone who wishes to learn more from the depths of the communion of saints but doesn't know where to begin. I will gladly return to this volume again and again.

Theology Forum

[The book] successfully provides the undergraduate or lay-person reader with well-organized historical information, summaries and contributions of primary writings on spiritual formation, philosophy, historical and systematic theology on Protestant.

Religious Studies Review

Christian theology is a fellowship activity; we learn from those who have read the Bible both before us and alongside us. This introduction to some of the great texts of the Christian tradition is a welcome encouragement to do just that. It is a fascinating selection, one which does not rest content with the old favorites but introduces us to new writings and opinions. The past can challenge the preoccupations of the present, and reading these texts will undoubtedly stimulate us to look again, more carefully, at the word of God, so that we might both proclaim and embody the gospel faithfully in
our own time.

MARK D THOMPSON, Moore Theological College, Australia

For a gourmand, it's dangerous to be in a kitchen filled with the best delicacies of all periods of history and from all over the world; you're never full! That was my experience reading this impressive book, which offers a selection of the best theological and spiritual delicacies of two thousand years of Christianity; a happy, exciting and inviting danger which is healthy for heart and head.

W. VAN VLASTUIN, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Reading Christian Theology in the Protestant Tradition is a tour de force of Christian theology that masterfully traces the development of the protestant tradition from the early church period to the 20th century. By dividing the nearly two millennia of history into five major epochs, the book and the different contributing authors serve as our tour guides as we explore the landscape of Protestant ideas. The depth of research and the faithful and objective interpretation of the data not only add an unimpeachable quality to the scholarship on which the book is based, but also provide a window to look at those ideas-Protestant though they may be-that is truly Catholic in their spirit and significance. This volume is a great literary accomplishment in service of academia and the church universal.

BABU IMMANUEL VENKATARAMAN, Theological Centre for Asia College, Singapore