Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.
Contents:
The Cole Lectures : "Next steps in theology." The position of theology today ; Toward new symbols ; Toward the recovery of feeling -- An ecumenical vision. The doctrine of the Trinity and the unity of the Church ; The Church defines itself in the world -- The meaning of history. A theologian's approach to history ; Reflections on the Christian theory of history ; Reinhold Niebuhr's interpretation of history -- Historical interpretation. Theology in a time of disillusionment ; The Kingdom of God and eschatology in the Social Gospel and in Barthianism ; The anachronism of Jonathan Edwards ; Address on Martin Buber's eightieth birthday -- Religion and the democratic tradition. The relation of Christianity and democracy ; A Christian interpretation of war ; The idea of original sin in American culture -- Sermons. Our reverent doubt and the authority of Christ ; The logic of the cross ; Man's work and God's.
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