John Polkinghorne

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1. John Polkinghorne

   Author of Belief in God in an Age of Science (The Terry Lectures Series), The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker (Theology and the Sciences), Beyond Science: The Wider Human Context (Canto original series)

2. Alister E. McGrath

   Author of In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture, Intellectuals Don't Need God and Other Modern Myths, A Cloud of Witnesses: Ten Great Christian Thinkers

3. N. T. Wright

   Author of The Resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship

4. Jurgen Moltmann

   Author of The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ As the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology, The Church in the Power of the Spirit: A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology, Science and Wisdom

5. Rowan Williams

   Author of Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement, The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross, Arius: Heresy and Tradition

6. Keith Ward

   Author of God Chance and Necessity, God, Faith, and the New Millennium: Christian Belief in an Age of Science, Religion and Creation

7. Frank Close

   Author of Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

8. Ian G. Barbour

   Author of Religion and Science (Gifford Lectures Series), When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?, Religion in an Age of Science (Gifford Lectures 1989-1991, Vol 1)

9. Luke Timothy Johnson

   Author of The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation, The Real Jesus, Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel

10. Peter Coles

    Author of Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction

11. Russell Stannard

    Author of Relativity: A Very Short Introduction, The God Experiment: Can Science Prove the Existence of God?, God For The 21st Century

12. Philip Ball

    Author of The Elements: A Very Short Introduction

13. Lesslie Newbigin

    Author of The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship, Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth (Osterhaven Lecture)

14. P. C. W. Davies

    Author of God and the New Physics, The Ghost in the Atom, The New Physics

15. Richard Swinburne

    Author of The Existence of God, Faith and Reason, Providence and the Problem of Evil

16. Walter Brueggemann

    Author of Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann, Reverberations of Faith: A Theological Handbook of Old Testament Themes, Struggling With Scripture

17. Colin E. Gunton

    Author of The Triune Creator: A Historical & Systematic Study (Edinburgh Studies in Constructive Theology), The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine (Cambridge Companions to Religion), Act and Being: Towards a Theology of the Divine Attributes

18. John Macquarrie

    Author of Principles of Christian Theology, Twentieth Century Religious Thought, A Guide to the Sacraments

19. Michael O'Shea

    Author of The Brain: A Very Short Introduction

20. Graham Priest

    Author of Logic: A Very Short Introduction