"The responsibility of the church for society" and other essays by H. Richard Niebuhr / edited and with an introduction by Kristine A. Culp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962.

Contributor:

Culp, Kristine A. (Kristine Ann), 1957-

Series:

Library of theological ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church.

Physical Description:

xxv, 155 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2008]

Summary:

This collection of essays from one of America's great theological minds explores the nature and meaning of Christian community. First published between 1945 and 1960, these essays make clear for the first time H. Richard Niebuhr's moral theology of the church. Understanding Christianity itself as a movement--and not an institution--Niebuhr argues that, at their best, Christian communities should express the ongoing, transforming relation of God and the world. 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.

Contents:

Division and disorder in the church

The ethical failure of the divided church [1929]

The question of the church [1935]

Toward the independence of the church [1935]

The disorder of man in the Church of God [1948]

The reality and responsibility of the church

Christianity as a movement : preface to The kingdom of God in America [1937]

The hidden church and the churches in sight [1945]

The responsibility of the church for society [1946]

The norm of the church [1946]

The church and its purpose : from The purpose of the church and its ministry [1956]

The churches and the whole human community

The gift of Catholic vision [1948]

The churches and the Body of Christ [1953]

Reconciliation in an ecumenical age [1960]

Reformation : continuing imperative [1960].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780664230487

0664230482

OCLC:

175286329