| Love and Justice: Selections from the Shorter Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr Contributor(s): Niebuhr, Reinhold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664253229 ISBN-13: 9780664253226 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1992 Annotation: Niebuhr is renowned for his unflinching honesty concerning issues of social ethics, specifically, love and justice. His influence is great both inside and outside the Christian church. Now 64 of Niebuhr's important pieces about the problems of humanity and society are compiled in this single volume. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 241 |
| LCCN: 92003167 |
| Series: Library of Theological Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.96" W x 9.14" (1.03 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reinhold Niebuhr is renowned for his unflinching honesty concerning issues of social ethics, specifically, love and justice. Humans, Niebuhr says, are incapable of perfect love. Therefore, their struggle against evil and injustice is doomed to only relative victory, although they strive to live in the ideal world. Niebuhr's concern with this paradox gave rise to numerous writings over the years in which he explored the many angles, subtleties, heights, and depths of the problems of humanity and society. Now sixty-four of these important pieces are compiled in a single volume, providing evidence of Niebuhr's belief that positive decisions and actions are possible for Christians. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Niebuhr, Reinhold: - "Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971) was an ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher who taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1928 to 1960. Before that, for thirteen years, he was minister of Detroit's Bethel Evangelical Church." |
