History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method

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dc.contributor.advisorCumpsty, John Sen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLeatt, Jamesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-14T07:21:45Z
dc.date.available2016-03-14T07:21:45Z
dc.date.issued1973en_ZA
dc.description.abstractReinhold Niebuhr is widely acknowledged, by religious and secular opinion alike, as the most influential Christian social ethicist of the twentieth century. For over fifty years he grappled with the issues which confronted his native America at a time when that nation was undergoing the most dramatic period of change in its history. During this time there was considerable debate about method in Christian ethics, but with little or no success. By contrast Niebuhr hardly seems to have a method, but perhaps behind his considerable success lies hidden a method which must be made explicit for the contemporary debate in Christian ethics. Since we have summarized our argument at the beginning of each chapter, it is necessary here only to indicate the main outline of this thesis. The contemporary debate in Christian ethics forms the subject of our first chapter, and states the problem with which this work is concerned. We then examine the formative context of Reinhold Niebuhr's life and work, before giving an exposition and critique of his Christian realism. The last two chapters seek to elucidate the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr, and to offer an evaluation and critique.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLeatt, J. (1973). <i>History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17723en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLeatt, James. <i>"History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1973. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17723en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLeatt, J. 1973. History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Leatt, James AB - Reinhold Niebuhr is widely acknowledged, by religious and secular opinion alike, as the most influential Christian social ethicist of the twentieth century. For over fifty years he grappled with the issues which confronted his native America at a time when that nation was undergoing the most dramatic period of change in its history. During this time there was considerable debate about method in Christian ethics, but with little or no success. By contrast Niebuhr hardly seems to have a method, but perhaps behind his considerable success lies hidden a method which must be made explicit for the contemporary debate in Christian ethics. Since we have summarized our argument at the beginning of each chapter, it is necessary here only to indicate the main outline of this thesis. The contemporary debate in Christian ethics forms the subject of our first chapter, and states the problem with which this work is concerned. We then examine the formative context of Reinhold Niebuhr's life and work, before giving an exposition and critique of his Christian realism. The last two chapters seek to elucidate the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr, and to offer an evaluation and critique. DA - 1973 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1973 T1 - History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method TI - History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17723 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17723
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLeatt J. History of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological method. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 1973 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17723en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology - Christian Religionen_ZA
dc.titleHistory of the theological method of Reinhold Niebuhr : a study of the relationship between past and contemporary events in Niebuhr's theological methoden_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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