A method claims author J.J. Mueller is a tool. Like a good multi-purpose screwdriver a method improves upon what weak fingers and fragile fingernails cannot do. A method extends our abilities improves upon our limitations reminds us of forgotten procedures and allows others to see how we arrived at our conclusions. Over the years theology has made use of various methods just as surely as physics has or carpentry. This book is an overview of the most popular contemporary methods of doing theology. In the process it provides a close-up view of the best-known Christian philosophers of method among them Karl Rahner, Bernard Lonergan, John Macquarrie, Paul Tillich, David Tracy, Bernard Meland, Edward Schillebeeckx and Jon Sobrino.