Discerning the Signs of the Times: Sermons for Today and TomorrowC. Scribner's Sons, 1946 - 194 pagina's |
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Pagina 112
... incongruities of life are to be dealt with ; for the effort to understand the life , and our place in it , confronts us with inconsistencies and incongruities which do not fit into any neat picture of the whole . Laughter is our ...
... incongruities of life are to be dealt with ; for the effort to understand the life , and our place in it , confronts us with inconsistencies and incongruities which do not fit into any neat picture of the whole . Laughter is our ...
Pagina 113
... incongruities by the dis- covery of another level of congruity . We laugh at the proud man slipping on the ice , not merely because the contrast between his dignity and his undignified plight strikes us as funny ; but because we feel ...
... incongruities by the dis- covery of another level of congruity . We laugh at the proud man slipping on the ice , not merely because the contrast between his dignity and his undignified plight strikes us as funny ; but because we feel ...
Pagina 115
... incongruities on the surface of life ; but if we have no other resource but humour to deal with those which reach below the surface , our laughter becomes an ex- pression of our sense of the meaninglessness of life . II Laughter is a ...
... incongruities on the surface of life ; but if we have no other resource but humour to deal with those which reach below the surface , our laughter becomes an ex- pression of our sense of the meaninglessness of life . II Laughter is a ...
Inhoudsopgave
Anger and Forgiveness | 21 |
The Age Between the Ages | 39 |
The Nemesis of Nations | 57 |
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achievement Agnosticism anger anxiety become biblical character Christ Christian faith city of God claim to know complete conflict conscious contradiction corruption creatures deal deny derision detachment dimension divine judgment Epictetus eternal evil expression fact fascism fear fellowmen final finiteness forgiveness forms freedom frustrations fulfillment glass darkly Greek tragedy heart heaven hope human existence human history human spirit impartiality incongruities judges justice Karl Barth knowledge laugh laughter limits majesty man's Marshal Pétain meaning ment mercy merely Messianic modern moral mystery nations Nazi ness nice system obscure partly peace of God peace of nature penumbra perfect political possible pretensions pride problem promise prompted prophets punishment recognize REINHOLD NIEBUHR religion religious repentance resolved responsibilities revelation righteous seek self-righteous sense of humour social strength to bring suffering sun go tempted thou tion tomorrow total depravity transcends ultimate uncon unity unto victorious weakness whole wrath Zeus