What is a gospel? / Loveday Alexander -- Fourfold gospel / Francis Watson -- Canonical matrix of the gospels / Richard B. Hays -- Gospels and 'the historical Jesus' / Stephen E. Fowl -- Gospels and the reader / Sandra M. Schneiders -- Gospel according to Matthew / Stephen C. Barton -- Gospel according to Mark / Joel B. Green -- Gospel according to Luke / John T. Squires -- Gospel according to John / Marianne Meye Thompson -- Gospels and the development of doctrine / Frances Young -- Gospels embodied : the lives of saints and martyrs / David Matzko McCarthy -- Praying the gospels : spirituality and worship / Gordon Mursell -- Living the gospels : morality and politics / Scott Bader-Saye.