The Theology of Langdon B. Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies

At the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, on 7 June 1998, in a sermon delivered at the close of the Narratives of American Religion Conference, Langdon Gilkey said: "History, ... cannot be understood without the religious dimension that is ever-present in it, and so theological understanding is a part of the understanding of ourselves in time. In turn, theology is meaningless unless it interprets actuality, the actuality of historical experience, of nature's processes, and of personal life."

Langdon Brown Gilkey for more than forty-five years has helped shape the direction of contemporary theology. From 1963 until his retirement in 1989 he taught Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School Kyle A. Pasewark, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is currently pursuing studies at Yale Law School Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is director of Baptist Studies and lecturer in Theology, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas