Jonathan Edwards and H. Richard Niebuhr
Martin E. Marty, in his foreword to a volume on the thought of the late H. Richard Niebuhr, offered the comment, I wonder whether since Jonathan Edwards there has been a systematic theologian of such organizing brilliance as H. Richard Niebuhr.'1 Marty's judgement that Niebuhr shares with...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Religious studies |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[1976]
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Religious studies
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| Zusammenfassung: | Martin E. Marty, in his foreword to a volume on the thought of the late H. Richard Niebuhr, offered the comment, I wonder whether since Jonathan Edwards there has been a systematic theologian of such organizing brilliance as H. Richard Niebuhr.'1 Marty's judgement that Niebuhr shares with Edwards a significant position in the American theological tradition is particularly suggestive when one is aware of Niebuhr's indebtedness to Edwards in his own constructive theological programme. One of the most precarious exercises in the writing of intellectual history is that of demonstrating the influence' of one thinker upon another. Unless there is an explicit citation or a confession of dependence upon the thought of a mentor in the writings of a theologian, the lines of influence are elusive and difficult to establish. It is therefore more prudent and manageable to speak of similarities' of thought or the possibility' of influence. Nevertheless the author of this study is convinced of the importance of Edwardsean influence on Niebuhr. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412500009033 |