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Tables of Contents for The Nature and Destiny of Man
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Library of Theological Ethics General Editors' Introduction
ix
Introduction
xi
Robin W. Lovin
Preface to the 1964 Edition
xxv
I. MAN AS A PROBLEM TO HIMSELF
1
25
The Classical View of Man
4
8
The Christian View of Man
12
6
The Modern View of Man
18
8
II. THE PROBLEM OF VITALITY AND FORM IN HUMAN NATURE
26
28
The Rationalistic View of Human Nature
30
3
The Romantic Protest Against Rationalism
33
6
The Errors of Romanticism
39
15
III. INDIVIDUALITY IN MODERN CULTURE
54
39
The Christian Sense of Individuality
57
4
The Idea of Individuality in the Renaissance
61
4
Bourgeois Civilization and Individuality
65
3
The Destruction of Individuality in Naturalism
68
6
The Loss of the Self in Idealism
74
7
The Loss of the Self in Romanticism
81
12
IV. THE EASY CONSCIENCE OF MODERN MAN
93
30
The Effort to Derive Evil from Specific Historical Sources
96
8
Nature as a Source of Virtue
104
8
The Optimism of Idealism
112
11
V. THE RELEVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF MAN
123
27
Individual and General Revelation
125
6
Creation as Revelation
131
5
Historical and Special Revelation
136
14
VI. MAN AS IMAGE OF GOD AND AS CREATURE
150
28
Biblical Basis of the Doctrines
151
16
The Doctrine of Man as Creature
167
11
VII. MAN AS SINNER
178
30
Temptation and Sin
179
7
The Sin of Pride
186
17
The Relation of Dishonesty to Pride
203
5
VIII. MAN AS SINNER (Continued)
208
33
The Equality of Sin and the Inequality of Guilt
219
9
Sin as Sensuality
228
13
IX. ORIGINAL SIN AND MAN'S RESPONSIBILITY
241
24
Pelagian Doctrines
245
3
Augustinian Doctrines
248
3
Temptation and Inevitability of Sin
251
4
Responsibility Despite Inevitability
255
5
Literalistic Errors
260
5
X. JUSTITIA ORIGINALIS
265
38
Essential Nature and Original Righteousness
269
7
The Locus of Original Righteousness
276
4
The Content of Justitia Originalis as Law
280
16
The Transcendent Character of Justitia Originalis
296
7
Index of Scriptural Passages
303
1
Index of Proper Names
303
1
Index of Subjects
304
19
Library of Theological Ethics General Editors' Introduction
xi
Preface to the 1964 Edition
xiii
I. HUMAN DESTINY AND HISTORY
1
34
Where a Christ Is Not Expected
6
9
History Reduced to Nature
7
4
History Swallowed Up in Eternity
11
4
Where a Christ Is Expected
15
20
Types of Messianism
16
7
Prophetic Messianism
23
12
The Relation of Prophetism to Messianism
26
5
The Failure of Messianism to Answer The Prophetic Problem
31
4
II. THE DISCLOSURE AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HISTORY
35
33
Jesus' Own Reinterpretation of Prophetic Messianism
38
14
Jesus' Rejection of Hebraic Legalism
39
2
Jesus' Rejection of Nationalistic Particularism
41
1
Jesus' Rejection of the Answer of Hebraic Messianism for the Problem Presented by Prophetism
42
5
Jesus' Reinterpretation of the Eschata
47
5
The Acceptance by Christian Faith of the Expected and the Rejected Messiah
52
16
Christ Crucified as the ``Wisdom of God and The Power of God''
54
3
The Relation of the ``Wisdom of God'' to the ``Power of God''
57
5
The Identity of Wisdom and Power
57
4
The Difference Between Wisdom and Power
61
1
The Foolishness of God and the Wisdom of Men
62
6
III. THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF HISTORY
68
30
Sacrificial Love and the Sinlessness of Christ
70
6
The Relation of Christ's Perfection to History
76
14
The Perfection of Christ and Innocency
76
5
The Perfection of Christ and Possibilities of History
81
9
The Relation of Christ's Perfection to Eternity
90
5
Summary
95
3
IV. WISDOM, GRACE AND POWER (THE FULFILLMENT OF HISTORY)
98
29
The Biblical Doctrine of Grace
100
7
Grace as Power in, and as Mercy Towards, Man
107
20
``I am Crucified with Christ''
108
2
``Nevertheless I Live''
110
4
``Yet not I: but Christ Liveth in Me''
114
13
Grace as the Power not Our Own
115
4
Grace as the Forgiveness of Our Sins
119
8
V. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GRACE AND PRIDE
127
30
Pre-Augustinian Conceptions of Grace
129
5
The Catholic Conception of Grace
134
14
The Destruction of the Catholic Synthesis
148
9
VI. THE DEBATE ON HUMAN DESTINY IN MODERN CULTURE: THE RENAISSANCE
157
27
The Meaning of the Renaissance
160
9
Sectarian Protestantism and the Renaissance
169
12
The Triumph of the Renaissance
181
3
VII. THE DEBATE ON HUMAN DESTINY IN MODERN CULTURE: THE REFORMATION
184
29
The Lutheran Reformation
185
13
The Calvinistic Reformation
198
6
A Synthesis of Reformation and Renaissance
204
9
VIII. HAVING, AND NOT HAVING, THE TRUTH
213
31
The Problem of the Truth
214
6
The Test of Tolerance
220
24
Catholicism and Toleration
221
5
The Reformation and Toleration
226
5
The Renaissance and Toleration
231
13
IX. THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
244
43
The Relation of Justice to Love
246
1
Laws and Principles of Justice
247
9
Structures of Justice
256
13
The Unity of Vitality and Reason
258
2
Types of Power in Social Life
260
5
The Organization and Balance of Power
265
4
The Christian Attitude to Government
269
15
Justice and World Community
284
3
X. THE END OF HISTORY
287
36
The New Testament Ideas of the End
289
10
The Parousia
290
1
The Last Judgment
291
3
The Resurrection
294
5
The End and Meaning of History
299
2
The Diversity and Unity of History
301
22
The Rise and Fall of Cultures and Civilizations
302
6
The Individual and History
308
5
The Unity of History
313
10
Index of Scriptural Passages
323
1
Index of Proper Names
323
2
Index of Subjects
325