
Confronting the Will-To-Power
Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr
Mark F. W. Lovatt(Author)
Paternoster Press
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-1-84227-054-7 (ISBN)
Description
The author takes up Niebuhr's theology and presents it to be, at its heart, an attempt to grapple with the most powerful and most dangerous aspect of human nature: a quality Niebuhr describes as 'the will-to-power'. Lovatt argues forcibly that Niebuhr identifies the fundamental nature of human sin as having very specific qualities; and that Niebuhr, over his various works, develops a theology which seeks to deal effectively with this quality, both theologically and practically. Lovatt discusses the main areas of doctrine covered by Niebuhr, and considers how his position reflects his underlying agenda to grapple with the reality of the will-to-power. This leads to some important conclusions about Niebuhr, modern theology, and the present-day problem of evil.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cumbria
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Send The Light
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84227-054-7 (9781842270547)
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After working in agriculture and the ceramics industry, Mark Lovatt returned to college to do A levels. He read Philosophy and Theology at the University of Nottingham. Following its successful completion, he began his PhD in Theology, again at Nottingham, working part-time as an HGV driver. He graduated in December 1999. He is now an information technology consultant, based in Nottingham.