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Theology, history, and culture : major unpublished writings / H. Richard Niebuhr ; edited by William Stacy Johnson ; foreword by Richard R. Niebuhr.

By: Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962
Contributor(s): Johnson, William Stacy
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: xxxvii, 236 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300063709 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Theology | History -- Religious aspects | Christianity and cultureDDC classification: 230 LOC classification: BR85 | .N615 1996Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.
Contents:
The Cole Lectures : "Next steps in theology." The position of theology today ; Toward new symbols ; Toward the recovery of feeling -- An ecumenical vision. The doctrine of the Trinity and the unity of the Church ; The Church defines itself in the world -- The meaning of history. A theologian's approach to history ; Reflections on the Christian theory of history ; Reinhold Niebuhr's interpretation of history -- Historical interpretation. Theology in a time of disillusionment ; The Kingdom of God and eschatology in the Social Gospel and in Barthianism ; The anachronism of Jonathan Edwards ; Address on Martin Buber's eightieth birthday -- Religion and the democratic tradition. The relation of Christianity and democracy ; A Christian interpretation of war ; The idea of original sin in American culture -- Sermons. Our reverent doubt and the authority of Christ ; The logic of the cross ; Man's work and God's.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.

The Cole Lectures : "Next steps in theology." The position of theology today ; Toward new symbols ; Toward the recovery of feeling -- An ecumenical vision. The doctrine of the Trinity and the unity of the Church ; The Church defines itself in the world -- The meaning of history. A theologian's approach to history ; Reflections on the Christian theory of history ; Reinhold Niebuhr's interpretation of history -- Historical interpretation. Theology in a time of disillusionment ; The Kingdom of God and eschatology in the Social Gospel and in Barthianism ; The anachronism of Jonathan Edwards ; Address on Martin Buber's eightieth birthday -- Religion and the democratic tradition. The relation of Christianity and democracy ; A Christian interpretation of war ; The idea of original sin in American culture -- Sermons. Our reverent doubt and the authority of Christ ; The logic of the cross ; Man's work and God's.

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