Radical Monotheism and Western Culture: With Supplementary Essays

Helmut Richard Niebuhr

Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 1993 - Religion - 144 pages

This reissue of a classic work of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the most influential and creative theological ethicists of the twentieth century, highlights his mature thinking. By using path-breaking interpretations of faith as a basic dimension of human life and culture as an arena of faith in conflict, Niebuhr encourages further thought. This volume should be required reading for anyone interested in recent perspectives on theology and ethics.

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

• GENERAL EDITORS INTRODUCTION: 1
• II: 18
• RADICAL FAITHINCARNATE AND REVEALED IN HISTORY: 42
• 3: 73
• 11: 142

About the author

H. Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962) was a prominent twentieth-century American theologian. He was Sterling Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. He is known for his books The Responsible Self and Radical Monotheism and Western Culture.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Radical Monotheism and Western Culture: With Supplementary Essays; Library of theological ethics
• Author: Helmut Richard Niebuhr
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0664253261, 9780664253264
• Length: 144 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics; Religion / Ethics; Religion / Theology