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Collaborating on this expanded and revised edition of A New Handbook of Christian Theology has once again humbled and surprised us. Life’s vicissitudes and challenges disrupted what, at first, we thought would be what Peter Gomes, the chaplain at Harvard University, might call “polishing the silver.”

Our authors, especially the twenty-two fresh authors for new articles, have been graciously patient with us. We are very grateful to them.

We are particularly mindful of the foundation in theology and contemporary Christianity laid for us by our teachers at The University of Chicago Divinity School, especially Langdon Gilkey and Martin E. Marty. Several of our students, now themselves engaged in theological teaching and research, have cheered us on to completion. Don’s colleague, D. Dixon Sutherland, has had fermentive influence on our work. Lisa Guenther, secretary in the Religious Studies Department at Stetson University, has persistently moved the project along with her diligent work. Abington Press’s editorial staff has supported us all along the way.

Our work is dedicated in memory of our fathers and in honor of our mothers.