The nature and destiny of man : a Christian interpretation / Reinhold Niebuhr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971, author.

Series:

Reinhold Niebuhr Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2021]

Summary:

The Nature and Destiny of Man issues a vigorous challenge to Western civilization to understand its roots in the faith of the Bible, particularly in the Hebraic tradition.

Contents:

Intro

VOL.1 Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

I. MAN AS A PROBLEM TO HIMSELF

The Classical View of Man

The Christian View of Man

The Modern View of Man

II. THE PROBLEM OF VITALITY AND FORM IN HUMAN NATURE

The Rationalistic View of Human Nature

The Romantic Protest Against Rationalism

The Errors of Romanticism

III. INDIVIDUALITY IN MODERN CULTURE

The Christian Sense of Individuality

The Idea of Individuality in the Renaissance

Bourgeois Civilization and Individuality

The Destruction of Individuality in Naturalism

The Loss of the Self in Idealism

The Loss of the Self in Romanticism

IV. THE EASY CONSCIENCE OF MODERN MAN

The Effort to Derive Evil from Specific Historical Sources

Nature as a Source of Virtue

The Optimism of Idealism

V. THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF MAN

Individual and General Revelation

Creation as Revelation

Historical and Special Revelation

VI. MAN AS IMAGE OF GOD AND AS CREATURE

Biblical Basis of the Doctrines

The Doctrine of Man as Creature

VII. MAN AS SINNER

Temptation and Sin

The Sin of Pride

The Relation of Dishonesty to Pride

VIII. MAN AS SINNER (CONTINUED)

The Equality of Sin and the Inequality of Guilt

Sin as Sensuality

IX. ORIGINAL SIN AND MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY

Pelagian Doctrines

Augustinian Doctrines

Temptation and Inevitability of Sin

Responsibility Despite Inevitability

Literalistic Errors

X. JUSTITIA ORIGINAL

Essential Nature and Original Righteousness

The Locus of Original Righteousness

The Content Justitia Originalis as Law

The Transcendent Character of Justitia Originalis

Index of Scriptural Passages

Index of Proper Names

Index of Subjects

VOL.2 Half Title

VOL.2 Half Title.

I. HUMAN DESTINY AND HISTORY

WHERE A CHRIST IS NOT EXPECTED

1. History Reduced to Nature

2. History Swallow Up in Eternity

WHERE A CHRIST IS EXPECTED

1. Types of Messianism

2. Prophetic Messianism

a. THE RELATION OF PROPHETISM TO MESSIANISM

b. THE FAILURE OF MESSIANISM TO ANSWER THE PROPHETIC PROBLEM

II. THE DISCLOSURE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HISTORY

JESUS' OWN REINTERPRETATION OF PROPHETIC MESSIANISM

1. Jesus' Rejection of Hebraic Legalism

2. Jesus' Rejection of Nationalistic Particularism

3. Jesus' Rejection of the Answer of Hebraic Messianism for the Problem Presented by Prophetism

4. Jesus' Reinterpretation of the Eschata

THE ACCEPTANCE BY CHRISTIAN FAITH OF THE EXPECTED AND THE REJECTED MESSIAH

1. Christ Crucified as the "Wisdom of God and The Power of God"

2. The Relation of the "Wisdom of God" to the "Power of God"

a. THE IDENTITY OF WISDOM AND POWER

b. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WISDOM AND POWER

3. The Foolishness of God and the Wisdom of Men

III. THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF HISTORY

SACRIFICIAL LOVE AND THE SINLESSNESS OF CHRIST

THE RELATION OF CHRIST'S PERFECTION TO HISTORY

1. The Perfection of Christ and Innocency

2. The Perfection of Christ and Possibilities of History

THE RELATION OF CHRIST'S PERFECTION TO ETERNITY

SUMMARY

IV. WISDOM, GRACE AND POWER (THE FULFILLMENT OF HISTORY)

THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF GRACE

GRACE AS POWER IN, AND AS MERCY TOWARDS, MAN

1. "I am Crucified with Christ"

2. "Nevertheless I Live"

3. "Yet not I: but Christ Liveth in Me"

a. GRACE AS THE POWER NOT OUR OWN

b. GRACE AS THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS

V. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GRACE AND PRIDE

PRE-AUGUSTINIAN CONCEPTIONS OF GRACE

THE CATHOLIC CONCEPTION OF GRACE

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC SYNTHESIS.

VI. THE DEBATE ON HUMAN DESTINY IN MODERN CULTURE: THE RENAISSANCE

THE MEANING OF THE RENAISSANCE

SECTARIAN PROTESTANTISM AND THE RENAISSANCE

THE TRIUMPH OF THE RENAISSANCE

VII. THE DEBATE ON HUMAN DESTINY IN MODERN CULTURE: THE REFORMATION

THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION

THE CALVINISTIC REFORMATION

A SYNTHESIS OF REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE

VIII. HAVING, AND NOT HAVING, THE TRUTH

THE PROBLEM OF THE TRUTH

THE TEST OF TOLERANCE

1. Catholicism and Toleration

2. The Reformation and Toleration

3. The Renaissance and Toleration

IX. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE

THE RELATION OF JUSTICE TO LOVE

LAWS AND PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE

STRUCTURES OF JUSTICE

1. The Unity of Vitality and Reason

2. Types of Power in Social Life

3. The Organization and Balance of Power

THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TO GOVERNMENT

JUSTICE AND WORLD COMMUNITY

X. THE END OF HISTORY

THE NEW TESTAMENT IDEAS OF THE END

1. The Parousia

2. The Last Judgment

3. The Resurrection

THE END AND THE MEANING OF HISTORY

THE DIVERSITY AND UNITY OF HISTORY

1. The Rise and Fall of Cultures and Civilizations

2. The Individual and History

3. The Unity of History

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

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Print version: Niebuhr, Reinhold The Nature and Destiny of Man

ISBN:

9781646982240