Anyone who is religious or beginning to explore theology will find this multi-volume work a concise introduction to more than 100 Pioneers in Theological Thought: What moves the conscience of theology? Who are the courageous voices that are reshaping our thinking about God, justice, and society? This book opens a spacious house with over 100 doors - each one leading into the life and work of a theological figure who not only thought about their faith, but lived it, challenged it, expanded it, and carried it out into the world. The collected portraits combine theological depth with biographical intimacy. They show how faith changes, how thinking opens up, and how a transdisciplinary theology - interwoven with philosophy, psychology, social psychology, sociology, and cultural studies - paves new paths into the present: paths of justice, solidarity, diversity, and spiritual sincerity. This is not a lexicon, but a living space for thought. Not an encyclopedia, but a land of exploration. A book that provides inspiration for all those who want to rediscover theology with an open heart and an inquiring mind - beyond familiar pulpit words and beyond narrow church boundaries, denominations, or disciplines. Created with excellent artificial intelligence, this work is a new chapter in theological education: insightful, accessible, inspiring: a book for all who believe that theology needs conscience. And that conscience needs thought. Volume 1: James Alison | Franz Alt | Marcella Althaus-Reid | Regina Ammicht-Quinn | María Pilar Aquino | Karen Armstrong | Jan Assmann | Ursula Baltz-Otto | Karl Barth | Tina Beattie | Jeremy Bentham | Helena Petrovna Blavatsky | Leonardo Boff | Thomas (Tom) Bohache | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Malcolm Boyd | Giordano Bruno | Sergej Bulgakow | Judith Butler | Johannes Calvin | Patrick S. Cheng | Kittredge Cherry | Joan Chittister | James Hal Cone | Nicolaus Copernicus | Mary Daly | Charles Darwin | Richard Dawkins | Honoré de Balzac | Simone de Beauvoir | Michel de Montaigne | Henri de Saint-Simon | Baruch de Spinoza.