John Webster - The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology)

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William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies and University Distinguished Teaching Professor in Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Richard Bauckham is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Bishop Wardlaw Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews.

Ellen T. Charry is Margaret W. Harmon Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

Francis X. Clooney, SJ is Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Oliver D. Crisp is Reader in Theology at the University of Bristol.

Oliver Davies is Professor of Christian Doctrine at Kings College London.

Ralph Del Colle is Associate Professor of Theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dawn DeVries is John Newton Thomas Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia.

William A. Dyrness is Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Michael A. Fahey, SJ is Professor Emeritus of Catholic Theology at Marquette University and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Douglas Farrow is Associate Professor of Christian Thought at McGill University in Montreal.

David Fergusson is Professor of Divinity and Principal of New College, University of Edinburgh.

Paul S. Fiddes is Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Oxford and Professorial Research Fellow, Regents Park College, Oxford.

Stephen E. Fowl is Professor of Theology and Chair of the Theology Department at Loyola College in Maryland.

Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

Richard B. Hays is George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.

Stephen R. Holmes is Senior Lecturer in Theology at St Marys College, University of St Andrews.

Reinhard Htter is Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.

David H. Kelsey is Luther A. Weigle Professor Emeritus of Theology at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.

Duane Stephen Long is Professor of Systematic Theology Marquette University.

Walter Lowe is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rebecca Lyman is Samuel M. Garrett Professor of Church History at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California.

Joy Ann McDougall is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ian McFarland is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ian S. Markham is Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary.

Andrew Moore, University of Oxford.

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Ben Quash is Professor of Christianity and the Arts, Kings College, London.

C. Kavin Rowe is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.

Christopher Rowland is Dean Irelands Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford.

Fred Sanders is Associate Professor of Theology in the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University in La Mirada, California.

Katherine Sonderegger is Professor of Systematic Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia.

Bryan D. Spinks is Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.

Kathryn Tanner is Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

Iain Torrance is President and Professor of Patristics at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

John Webster is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen.

Michael Welker is Professor of Systematic Theology at Ruprecht-Karls-Universitt in Heidelberg.

A. N. Williams is Lecturer in Patristic and Medieval Theology and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Charles M. Wood is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine and Director of the Graduate Program in Religious Studies at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.