20th-century theologians

August Rohling (15 February 1839 at Neuenkirchen, Province of Westphalia, Prussia – 23 January 1931 in Salzburg) was a German Catholic theologian, student of anti-Semitic texts, and polemical author.

Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer (b. May 28, 1927) is a radical theologian who is known for incorporating Friedrich Nietzsche's conception of the "death of God" and G.

Gala Galaction (IPA: /'ga.la ga.lak.ti'on/; the pen name of Grigore or Grigorie Pișculescu; April 16, 1879—March 8, 1961) was a Romanian Orthodox clergyman and theologian, writer, journalist, left-wing activist, as well as a political figure of the People's Republic of Romania.

Richard G. Swinburne (/ˈswɪnbərn/; born 26 December 1934) is a British philosopher.

Musa (Bigi) Bigeev (pen name Musa Jarullah, Tatar: Муса Җаруллаһ Бигеев) (موسى جارالله بيكييف) – a Tatar philosopher and theologian, publicist, one of the leaders of the Muslims’ progressive movement in Russia of the 20th century.

Paul L'Huillier (December 3, 1926, Paris, France – November 19, 2007, Bronxville, New York) was a prominent scholar and the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New York and New Jersey.

Charles Hartshorne (/ˈhɑːrtsˌhɔːrn/; June 5, 1897 – October 9, 2000) was an American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics.

Herman Bavinck (13 December 1854, Hoogeveen, Drenthe – 29 July 1921, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and churchman.

Alvin Carl Plantinga (/ˈplæntɪŋɡə/; born November 15, 1932) is an American analytic philosopher, the John A.

Brevard Springs Childs (September 2, 1923 – June 23, 2007) was an American Old Testament scholar and Professor of Old Testament at Yale University from 1958 until 1999 (and Sterling Professor after 1992), who is considered one of the most influential biblical scholars of the 20th century.

Mario Luigi Ciappi, OP (October 6, 1909 – April 23, 1996) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as personal theologian to five popes from 1955 to 1989, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1977.

B. E. Devaraj was a translator who pioneered the Lambadi version of the New Testament.

Kevin James Sharpe (23 January 1950 – 6 November 2008) was a mathematician, theologian, archaeologist, Anglican priest and professor at Union Institute & University.

Michael Prior (March 15, 1942 – July 21, 2004) was a priest of the Vincentian Congregation, professor of biblical theology at Saint Mary's College, University of Surrey, and a liberation theologian.

William Lane Craig (/kreɪɡ/; born August 23, 1949) is an American analytic philosopher, Christian theologian, and Christian apologist.

John Macquarrie TD FBA (27 June 1919 – 28 May 2007) was a Scottish-born theologian, philosopher and Anglican priest.

Alasdair John Milbank (born 1952) is an Anglican Christian theologian and was the Research Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham, where he also directs the Centre of Theology and Philosophy.

Brendan Callaghan SJ (born 29 July 1948) is a psychologist of religion who was Master of Campion Hall, Oxford 2008–13.

John Bainbridge Webster DD FRSE (20 June 1955 – 25 May 2016) was a British theologian of the Anglican Communion writing in the area of systematic, historical, and moral theology.

John McIntyre CVO, FRSE (20 May 1916 – 15 December 2005) was a Scottish minister and theologian.

John Norman Davidson Kelly FBA (1909–1997) was a prominent academic within the theological faculty of Oxford University and Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford between 1951 and 1979 during which the Hall transformed into an independent constituent college of the University and later a co-educational establishment.

Dom Henry Wansbrough (born 9 October 1934), OSB MA (Oxon) STL (Fribourg) LSS (Rome) (born Joseph Wansbrough), is a British biblical scholar and a monk of Ampleforth Abbey, England.

J. Ellsworth Kalas (February 14, 1923 – November 12, 2015) was a president and a professor of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.

The Revd Dom Felix Stephens, OSB (born 6 August 1942 in Montpellier, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) was Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford from 2007 to 2012.

Leonard J. Swidler (born January 6, 1929) is Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he has taught since 1966.

He met his wife, Mary Lou Reece, while a student at the University of Kansas, and they were married 18 August 1979.

Peter Hugh Davids (born 22 November 1947) is a Canadian New Testament scholar.

Nancy L. deClaissé-Walford (born December 21, 1954) (PhD, Baylor University) is an American theologian, specialist in the Hebrew language and Biblical studies.

Victor P. Hamilton (born 26 September 1941) (PhD, Brandeis University) is a Canadian / American theologian.

Pieter Adriaan Verhoef (1914–18 January 2013) (PhD, Free University in Amsterdam) was a South African theologian.

Rabbi Dr Arthur Löwenstamm (also spelt Loewenstamm) (20 December 1882 in Ratibor, Upper Silesia – 22 April 1965 in Manchester, England) was a Jewish theologian, writer and rabbi in Berlin and in London, where he came in 1939 as a refugee from Germany.

Helmut Richard Niebuhr (September 3, 1894 – July 5, 1962) is considered one of the most important Christian theological ethicists in 20th century America, most known for his 1951 book Christ and Culture and his posthumously published book The Responsible Self.

Peter van Inwagen (born September 21, 1942) is an American analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Daniel Day Williams (1910–December, 1973) was a process theologian, professor, and author.

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal (16 July 1936 – 3 January 2014) was a Cuban Roman Catholic priest, theologian and writer.

Ned Bernard Stonehouse (March 19, 1902 - November 18, 1962) was a renowned New Testament scholar.

(This article is about the scholar. For the racing driver, see Oliver O'Donovan (racing driver).) Oliver O'Donovan FBA FRSE (born 1945) is a scholar known for his work in the field of Christian ethics.

David Frank Ford (born 23 January 1948, Dublin) is an academic and public theologian.

Jeffrey Alan David Weima (PhD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) is an American theologian.

William Hughes Hamilton (March 9, 1924 – February 28, 2012) was a theologian and proponent of the Death of God/Is God Dead? movement.

Hazen Graff Werner (29 July 1895–5 September 1988) was a Bishop of The Methodist Church and The United Methodist Church, elected in 1948.

Robert Anthony Ellis (born 24 August 1956) is the Principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford, England.

Roger Corless (1938–2007) made significant contributions to interfaith dialogue, particularly on the subject Buddhist-Christian dual belonging ("co-inherent consciousness").

Josef Dvorak is an Austrian therapist, Catholic theologian (scholar of Karl Rahner), author, and co-founder of the Viennese Actionism.

Nicolae Steinhardt (born Nicu-Aurelian Steinhardt; July 12, 1912 - March 29, 1989) was a Romanian writer, Orthodox hermit and father confessor.

Justo L. González (born August 9, 1937) is a Cuban American Methodist historian and theologian.

Colin Ewart Gunton (19 January 1941 – 6 May 2003) was a British systematic theologian.

Donald G. Bloesch (May 3, 1928, Bremen, Indiana – August 24, 2010) was a noted American evangelical theologian.

Donald Mackenzie MacKinnon (27 August 1913 – 2 March 1994) was a Scottish philosopher and theologian.

Donald Nicholl (23 July 1923 – 3 May 1997) was a British historian and theologian.

Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan, SJ, CC (17 December 1904 – 26 November 1984) was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian, regarded by many as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.

Lynn Alton de Silva (16 June 1919 – 22 May 1982) was a Sri Lankan theologian and Methodist minister.

Edsel Albert Ammons (February 17, 1924 - December 24, 2010) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1976.

Edward George Knapp-Fisher (1915 – 2003) was an Anglican bishop and scholar.

Henry Wheeler Robinson, known universally as H.

Ian Campbell Bradley (born 28 May 1950) is a British academic, author, theologian, Church of Scotland minister, journalist and broadcaster.

Ed Parish Sanders (born 18 April 1937) is a New Testament scholar and one of the principal proponents of the "New Perspective on Paul".

Michael John Victor Shaver (1918-2001), known as Jack Shaver, was a theologian and clergyman of the United Church of Canada.

Samuel Angus (27 August 1881 – 17 November 1943) was professor of New Testament and Church History at St Andrew's College in the University of Sydney from 1915-43.