This Companion brings together new contributions from internationally renowned scholars in order to examine the past, present and future of Protestantism.

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• Co-edited by leading Protestant theologians Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks, with contributions from internationally renowned scholars.
  
• Opens with an investigation into the formation of Protestant identity across Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa.
  
• Includes coverage of leading Protestant thinkers, such as Luther, Calvin, Schleiermacher and Barth.
  
• Considers the interaction of Protestantism with different areas of modern life, including the arts, politics, the law and science.
  
• Debates the future of Protestantism in both Western and non-Western settings.

Alister E. McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University, and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. He is a world-renowned theologian, and is the author of numerous bestselling titles available through Blackwell Publishing, including Christian Theology: An Introduction (4th edition, 2007), Christian Theology Reader (3rd edition, 2007), and Dawkins’ God (2005).

Darren C. Marks is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Huron University College and in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Ontario. He is the author of numerous articles in systematic theology and Canadian ecclesiastical history, and is the editor of Shaping a Global Theological Mind (2007) and the forthcoming Justifying God: A Theology of Sin.