Date of Award
6-1-1952
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Divinity (B.Div)
Department
Systematic Theology
First Advisor
Paul Bretscher
Abstract
Our concern in this thesis will be merely to present the line of thought which Niebuhr employs in relating the Christian agape to society. Since Niebuhr’s social ethic has never been set down in any systematic form, it will be necessary to collect from his various writings those ideas which he uses in advocating his views. To be sure he has written extensively on ethics, but never has he developed the subject from the traditional points of view. As in philosophy ethics cannot be separated from theology. It is important for this study then to draw in much of the theology of Niebuhr. This complicates the task somewhat, for Niebuhr deepened, broadened, and in many instances, revised his theological approach through the years.
Recommended Citation
Koenig, Richard E., "The Social Ethics of Reinhold Niebuhr" (1952). Bachelor of Divinity. 384.
https://scholar.csl.edu/bdiv/384
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