Rachel Muers

"This book brings Quaker thought on theological ethics into dialogue with the Christian tradition, engaging with key contemporary ethical debates and with wider questions about religion and public life. The focus for the discussion is the distinctive Quaker concept and practice of 'testimony' -- sustained patterns of action and life that shape a community's identity and its relationship to its context." from book cover

An incredible collection of essays on the "need to knows" of modern theology. Not only are there helpful essays on the leading modern theologians, but an expansive variety of other topics as well: theological responses to modernity, science and theology, theology and prayer, theology and the arts, etc... This is one reference book I'm very happy to own. I find myself consulting it often, then needing to fight the temptation to just sit down and read the whole thing!