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

By: Material type: TextSeries: Gifford LecturesNew York, NY : Charles Scribner's Sons, ©1949Edition: one volume edDescription: xvi, 332 p. ; 21 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 701 N551 1949
Contents:
THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN -- I. Human nature -- 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 -- Romantic elements in Marxism -- The social basis of conflicting theories -- 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 -- Creation as Revelation -- Historical and special Revelation -- VI. MAN AS IMAGE OF GOD 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 ORIGINALIS -- Essential nature and original righteousness -- The Locus of original righteousness -- The content of Justitia originalis as law -- THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN -- II. HUMAN DESTINY -- I. HUMAN DESTINY AND HISTORY -- II. THE DISCLOSURE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HISTORY -- III. The possibilities and limits of history -- IV. Wisdom, grace and power (the fulfillment of history) -- V. The conflict between grace and pride -- VI. The debate on human destiny in modern culture: the Renaissance -- VII. The debate on human destiny in modern culture: the reformation -- VIII. Having, and not having, the truth -- IX. The kingdom of God and the struggle for justice -- X. The end of history -- Index of scriptural passages -- Index of proper names -- Index of subjects
Summary: I. Human Nature. II.Human Destiny
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THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN --
I. Human nature --

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 --
Romantic elements in Marxism --
The social basis of conflicting theories --

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 --
Creation as Revelation --
Historical and special Revelation --

VI. MAN AS IMAGE OF GOD 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 ORIGINALIS --
Essential nature and original righteousness --
The Locus of original righteousness --
The content of Justitia originalis as law --


THE NATURE AND DESTINY OF MAN --
II. HUMAN DESTINY --
I. HUMAN DESTINY AND HISTORY --
II. THE DISCLOSURE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HISTORY --
III. The possibilities and limits of history --
IV. Wisdom, grace and power (the fulfillment of history) --
V. The conflict between grace and pride --
VI. The debate on human destiny in modern culture: the Renaissance --
VII. The debate on human destiny in modern culture: the reformation --
VIII. Having, and not having, the truth --
IX. The kingdom of God and the struggle for justice --
X. The end of history --
Index of scriptural passages --
Index of proper names --
Index of subjects

I. Human Nature. II.Human Destiny

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