| NAME | SCHOOL | MAIN THEME |
| Liberal theology | trusting the moral capability of man | |
| Social gospel | crusading for a Kingdom of social justice | |
| Pietism | seeking deeper spiritual experience | |
| Neo-orthodox theology | dialectical theology | |
| Secular theology | refitting Christianity for the secular world | |
| Existential theology | Christianity in terms of man's subjective existence | |
| Process theology | the evolving God | |
| Death-of-God theology | absence of God from all aspects of mankind | |
| Ecumenism | towards a unity of religion | |
| Black theology | suffering and freedom | |
| Liberation theology | Christians of the revolution | |
| Theology of hope | hope of the future in God's promise | |
| Feminist theology | fighting the inequality of the sexes | |
| Contextualization | put Christianity into the context of the indigenous culture | |
| Evangelicalism | spreading the good news of the changeless Bible | |
| Fundamentalism | no compromise on Biblical truth | |
| Conservative theology | preserve traditional doctrines | |
| Dispensationalism | God's different treatment to different times | |
| Altizer, Thomas (1927- ), American | Death-of-God theology | God died on the cross |
| Barth, Karl (1886-1968), Swiss | Neo-orthodox theology | Jesus as the revealed word of God |
| Berkouwer, Gerrit (1903- ), Dutch | Evangelicalism | the humanity of the Bible |
| Bloch, Ernst (1885-?), German | Theology of hope | |
| Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945), German | Secular theology | the cost of discipleship |
| Bruce, Frederick, English | Evangelicalism | evangelical exegesis |
| Brunner, Emil (1889-1966), Swiss | Neo-orthodox theology | I-Thou relationship between man and God |
| Bultmann, Rudolf (1884-1976), German | Existential theology | demythologization, gospel without myth |
| Carnell, Edward (1920-1967), American | Conservative theology | spokesman of conservative theology |
| Chang Lit-Sang, Chinese | Contextualization | Christianity supercedes Chinese culture |
| Chang Lit-Sang, Chinese | Evangelicalism | repelling humanism |
| Chow Yi-Fu, Chinese | Contextualization | Christianity explained in concepts of Chinese philosophy |
| Cox, Harvey (1929- ), American | Secular theology | secularization not secularism |
| Cullmann, Oscar (1902- ), Swiss | Historical theology | the importance of salvation history |
| Finney, Charles (1792-1875), American | Evangelicalism | promoting revival |
| Fosdick, Harry (1878-1960), American | Liberal theology | religion to serve the society |
| Gutierrez, Gustavo (1928- ), Peruvian | Liberation theology | salvation is liberation |
| Hamilton, William (1924- ), American | Death-of-God theology | losing hope with God |
| Hartshorne, Charles (1897-?), American | Process theology | |
| Henry, Carl (1913- ), American | Evangelicalism | revelation as truth |
| Hodge, Charles (1797-1878), American | Evangelicalism | great systematic theologian since the Reformation |
| Hsu Hsiung-Sze, Chinese | Contextualization | comparison of Christianity and Chinese culture |
| International Council of Christian Churches | Ecumenism | doctrinal purity above unity |
| Kierkegaard, Soren (1813-1855), Dane | Existential theology | the infinite gulf between God and man |
| King, Martin Luther (1929-1968), American | Black theology | dream of justice |
| Koyama, Kosuke (1929- ), Japanese | Contextualization | God in a tranquil culture of southeast Asia |
| Kung, Hans (1928- ), Swiss | Ecumenism | Catholic rebel |
| Lindsell, Harold, American | Conservative theology | battle of the Bible |
| Lusanne Congress (1974) | Ecumenism | gospel as well as social responsibility |
| Machen, Gresham (1881-1937), American | Fundamentalism | battling with liberal theology in America |
| Mbiti, John (1931- ), Kenyan | Contextualization | no imported Christianity |
| Moltmann, Jurgen (1926- ), German | Theology of hope | the crucified God |
| Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971), American | Neo-orthodox theology | Christianity's social relevance |
| Pannenberg, Wolfhart (1928- ), German | Historical theology | faith rooted in history |
| Rahner, Karl (1904- ), German | Secular theology | anonymous Christianity |
| Ramm, Bernard (1916- ), American | Evangelicalism | action from evangelical heritage |
| Rauschenbusch, Walter (1861-1918), American | Liberal theology | sin is selfishness |
| Ritschl, Albrecht (1822-1899), German | Liberal theology | Jesus the perfect man |
| Ruether, Rosemary, American | Feminist theology | promoting full humanity of women |
| Schaeffer, Francis (1912-1984), American | Evangelicalism | philosophical apologete |
| Schleiermacher, Friedrich (1768-1834), German | Liberal theology | romantic religion |
| Scofield, Cyrus (1843-1921), American | Dispensationalism | the influential commentary |
| Spencer, Philip (1635-1705) | pietism | protesting formalism of religion |
| Stott, John, English (1921- ), English | Evangelicalism | defender of evangelical faith and a total gospel |
| Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881-1955), French | Process theology | evolutionary theology |
| Teng, Philip, Chinese | Evangelicalism | Christianity without excesses |
| Thielicke, Helmut (1908- ), German | Evangelicalism | preaching to modern people |
| Tillich, Paul (1886-1965), German | Existential theology | God as ground of being |
| Tse Fu-Ya, Chinese | Contextualization | concept of God in Chinese culture |
| Van Buren, Paul (1924- ), American | Death-of-God theology | a religion suitable for modern man |
| Vatican I (1869-1870) | Ecumenism | papal infallibility |
| Vatican II (1962-1965) | Ecumenism | retreat from excesses |
| von Harnack, Adolf (1851-1931), German | Liberal theology | quest of historical Christianity |
| Warfield, Benjamin (1851-1915), American | Evangelicalism | the infallible Bible |
| Whitehead, Alfred (1861-1947), English | Process theology | |
| World Council of Churches | Ecumenism | unity above doctrine |
| World Evangelical Fellowship | Ecumenism | unity in spreading the gospel |