Reinhold Niebuhr’s Apologetics
Overview
Examine Reinhold Niebuhr’s apologetic enterprise with this revised version of Donald Bloesch’s doctoral thesis. Bloesch throws light on Niebuhr’s attempt to establish the credibility of Christian thought in the public forum, focusing on how Niebuhr “sought to reevaluate the apologetic task in such a way as to make it consistent with the basic thrust of the Bible.” While providing a thorough and balanced analysis, he argues that Niebuhr’s “reevaluation does not do full justice to biblical revelation, especially where the nature of humanity is concerned” and that “in order to bring the apologetic task into accord with biblical themes there is a pressing need for a more radical reappraisal of this task.”
For more by Donald G. Bloesch, see Select Works of Donald G. Bloesch (9 vols.).
Key Features
- Examine Reinhold Niebuhr’s apologetic enterprise
- Discover how Niebuhr sought to establish the credibility of Christian thought in the public forum
- Investigate Niebuhr’ attempt to bring the apologetic task in line with the basic thrust of the Bible
- Title: Reinhold Niebuhr’s Apologetics
- Author: Donald G. Bloesch
- Edition: Revised Version
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 164
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971; Apologetics › History--20th century
- ISBNs: 9781579109639, 9781498246637, 1579109632, 149824663X
- Resource ID: LLS:RNHLDNBHRPLGTCS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:45:36Z