The Future of Christian Theology represents a personal manifesto from one of the world's leading theologians, exploring the ways Christian theology in the twenty-first century has been, and can now continue to be, both creative and wise.  

• Represents an outstanding and engaging account of the task of theology today
• Offers an insightful description of what makes for discerning and creative theology.
• Written from the perspective of decades of experience, and in close dialogue with theologians of other faiths
• Features a strong interfaith and public theology dimension, and a contemporary portrait of the field from the inside
• A hopeful and illuminating search for wisdom and understanding in the increasingly complex religious and secular world of the twenty-first century.

David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books, including Christian Wisdom. Desiring God and Learning in Love (2007), The Shape of Living (2002), Theology: A Very Short Introduction (2000) and Self and Salvation: Being Transformed (1999). He is also the Director of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme.