11 Books Every New Theology Student Needs

For those eagerly starting a course in Theology, we’ve collected together 11 top titles, that will form a solid foundation for your first year and beyond.

This list doesn't only apply to students either. If you're taking a personal course in theology, then consider this your personal reading list.

Covering an introduction to theology, as well as delving deeper into trickier topics, you’ll find yourself coming back to these key texts again and again.

1. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology by Daniel L. Migliore
2. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine Second Edition by Wayne Grudem
3. Contemporary Theology: An Introduction: Classical, Evangelical, Philosophical & Global Perspectives by Kirk R. MacGregor
4. Exploring the New Testament Volume 1: The Gospel and Acts by Steve Walton and David Wenham
5. Let's Do Theology: Resources For Contextual Theology by Laurie Green
6. Jesus and Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham
7. Christian Theology: An Introduction (5th Edition) by Alister E. McGrath
8. Understanding Theology: Volume 1: The Means of Developing a Healthy Church in the 21st Century by R.T. Kendall
9. The Cambridge Companion to Jesus by Markus Bockmuehl
10. The Gospels and Jesus (Second Edition) by Graham N Stanton
11. SCM Studyguide: Christian Ethics by Neil Messer

Looking for something more? Here's our pick for another six theology essentials. They offer responses to some of the key topics and issues at the forefront of culture and Christianity today.

1. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Mccalley Esau
2. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl R. Trueman
3. Fragments for Fractured Times: What Feminist Practical Theology Brings to the Table by Nicola Slee
4. The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best by Irwyn L. Ince Jr.
5. 'Here Are Your Gods!': Faithful Discipleship in Idolatrous Times by Christopher J H Wright
6. Sin and Grace: Evangelical Soteriology in Historical Perspective by Tony Lane

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