The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation : Human NatureWestminster John Knox Press, 1 jan. 1996 - 680 sidor The Nature and Destiny of Man issues a vigorous challenge to Western civilization to understand its roots in the faith of the Bible, particularly the Hebraic tradition. The growth, corruption, and purification of the important Western emphases on individuality are insightfully chronicled here. This book is arguably Reinhold Niebuhr's most important work. It offers a sustained articulation of Niebuhr's theological ethics and is considered a landmark in twentieth-century thought. The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field. |
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... transcending freedom which human beings have be- cause they are " made in the image of God " and the inescapable limitations which they encounter because they are finite creatures and not God . 14 Each attempt to state the " logic " of ...
... transcending freedom enables them to anticipate a meaningful history , even though their finitude ensures that they will never achieve it . The measured affirmation of democracy in The Nature and Destiny of Man spoke to the needs of ...
... transcending the flow of events , causes and sequences . The second Biblical - Hebraic emphasis about human selfhood was the unity of the self in its body , mind and spirit , in its freedom from natural necessity and in its involvement ...
... or explained in what is usually connoted by " reason . " For the man who weighs the importance of his rational faculties is in some sense more than " reason " and has capacities which transcend 1 I: MAN AS A PROBLEM TO HIMSELF.
... transcend the ability to form general concepts . If man takes his uniqueness for granted he is immediately involved in questions and contradictions on the problem of his virtue . If he believes himself to be essentially good and ...
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Biblical Basis of the Doctrines | 151 |
The Doctrine of Man as Creature | 167 |
MAN AS SINNER | 178 |
Temptation and Sin | 179 |
The Sin of Pride | 186 |
The Relation of Dishonesty to Pride | 203 |
MAN AS SINNER CONTINUED | 208 |
The Equality of Sin and the Inequality of Guilt | 219 |
INDIVIDUALITY IN MODERN CULTURE | 54 |
The Christian Sense of Individuality | 57 |
The Idea of Individuality in the Renaissance | 61 |
Bourgeois Civilization and Individuality | 65 |
The Destruction of Individuality in Naturalism | 68 |
The Loss of the Self in Idealism | 74 |
The Lost of the Self in Romanticism | 81 |
THE EASY CONSCIENCE OF MODERN MAN | 93 |
The Effort to Derive Evil from Specific Historical Sources | 96 |
Nature as a Source of Virtue | 104 |
The Optimism of Idealism | 112 |
THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF MAN | 123 |
Individual and General Revelation | 125 |
Creation as Revelation | 131 |
Historical and Special Revelation | 136 |
MAN AS IMAGE OF GOD AND AS CREATURE | 150 |
Sin as Sensuality | 228 |
ORIGINAL SIN AND MANS RESPONSIBILITY | 241 |
Pelagian Doctrines | 245 |
Augustinian Doctrines | 248 |
Temptation and Inevitability of Sin | 251 |
Responsibility Despite Inevitability | 255 |
Literalistic Errors | 260 |
JUSTITIA ORIGINALIS | 265 |
Essential Nature and Original Righteousness | 269 |
The Locus of Original Righteousness | 276 |
The Content of Justitia Originalis as Law | 280 |
The Transcendent Character of Justia Originalis | 296 |
Index of Scriptural Passages | 301 |
Index of Subjects | 303 |
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