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Human Nature: ii: Sin

Kenneth Hamilton

In this chapter, Kenneth Hamilton moves from a description of the human condition in general terms-examining both Niebuhr's kerygmatic and ontological emphases-to one focused primarily on the conception of human beings as sinner.  In this, Hamilton examines in a most sustained manner Niebuhr's work arising from the prestigious Gifford Lectures given in 1938 - 1940,  The Nature and Destiny of Man.

Table of Contents for
The Doctrine of Humanity in the Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, by Kenneth Morris Hamilton, edited by Jane Barter Moulaison

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Editor's Introduction

Part One: Reinhold Niebuhr's Doctrine of Humanity: An Investigation

1 Niebuhr as a Theologian and His Relation to Theological Tradition

2 Niebuhr's General Theological Method

3 Human Nature: Self-Transcendence

4 Human Nature: Sin

5 Human Nature and the Norm of Love

6 Humanity and the Problem of History

7 Humanity and Its Faith: The Apprehension of Total Reality

Part Two: Reinhold Niebuhr's Christian Anthropology in Its Context

8 Away from Nineteenth-Century Religion

9 Christian Realism

10 Neo-Supernaturalism

11 The "Christian Interpretation" of the Human Situation

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Kenneth Hamilton arrived in Canada from England in 1951 and served as a minister in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, for seven years. In 1958 he joined the teaching staff of United College (later the University of Winnipeg) in the Faculty of Theology, where his career spanned three decades. Kenneth Hamilton was the author of over thirty published books and numerous essays on philosophy, theology, ethics, and literature.