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Niebuhr Theology Humanity Research and Reflection

Author: ZhangZuoZuo
Tutor: RenChou
School: Southwestern University
Course: Ethics
Keywords: Christian humanity Political and moral Religious Ethics
CLC: B82-06
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract


· Reinhold Niebuhr is America's most distinguished theologian, he advocated Christian realism is an American Christian ethics dominant trend, re-evoke the traditional Christian doctrine concerns. Niebuhr on Christian theology human analysis leads us to the ethical and political theory in the real relative found the answer to his anthropological theology of Christianity's greatest contribution to anthropology, showing that in the ancient Christian faith and human inspiration Religious Ethics for universal ethical influence. This paper is divided into five chapters: The first chapter is literature review and introduction, literature review focuses on human theology Niebuhr Research Ethics. Niebuhr's current academic research focuses on what Niebuhr's moral and faith, epistemology, the image of God and Christian freedom, sin and love and other issues. One of the problems humanity Niebuhr theological studies more, especially his theology Humanity on the analysis of the political situation in the world today, we can say Niebuhr theological view of human nature inherent in ethics, that based on the theory and practice into account. Introduction section introduces the topic of the article, purpose, meaning and scope of the study and content. It can be said, from the Perspective of Niebuhr modern political theology human ethics, fully embodies the traditional values ??of the Christian humanity and modern significance. The second chapter describes the period before Niebuhr major Western criticism of human nature and its reflection, this chapter describes Niebuhr on major Western view of human nature views, he explained in detail using the classification method, from the \including idealism and naturalism of these two types of understanding of Western classical view of human nature and background of Western culture to explore the classical view of human nature and Christian human differences. Meanwhile, Niebuhr that by modifying or mixing two different view of human nature, in medieval Christian thought system integrated as one, and later experienced mutual polyester filter, harmonic, which makes the modern Christian view of human nature perfected, which also explore Nepal Boolean theological theory of human nature prepare a solid theoretical foundation. The third chapter introduces Niebuhr theological view of human nature, human nature through the theological part Niebuhr detailed description of the use of reflection, critical approach, for the second chapter describes Niebuhr in the eyes of the view that the existence of modern prevalent problems, such as loss of consciousness of human personality, as well as by a sense of escape for evil arising from overly optimistic attitude criticism and reflection to explore this ancient philosophers since, theologians analysis of the status of human nature, highlighting the theology Niebuhr superior view of human nature. Chapter IV, with Niebuhr theological analysis of the political reality of human nature that people's psychological state, in the theory of human nature against Niebuhr presentation, analyzing human pride, community pride and be vicious cycle issues, the perspective of modern political realities and social problems, such as pseudo-patriotism and the essence of hegemony, moral and political relativism and so on. Chapter V, mainly for the advantages and disadvantages Niebuhr theological theory of human nature, for reflection and criticism. Interpret reality through the lack of ethics, religious ethics leads to realistic values. Niebuhr theological theory of human nature used, that Christian ethics has been resurrected once again, but also for religious ethics inject new source of religious ethics and secular ethics combined to find new opportunities for the development of a global ethic an indispensable source theory.

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