Bokun is sheer bunkum. From the moment he espouses the belief that men and women are separately evolved, you know you're on dangerous ground. Throw in statements like ""The kind of thoughts the brain is able to produce, depends on its shape"" . . . ""The savannah's intense heat. . . has inspired the idea of hell as a permanent fire"" . . . ""A single omnipotent god is the last resort for a humi…
This discussion of the social character of the Christian churches is intended to be a practical contribution to the ethical problem of Denominationalism. The effort to distinguish churches primarily by reference to their doctrine & to approach the problem of church unity from a purely theological point of view appeared to be a procedure so artificial & fruitless that the author turned from theo…
In this landmark work, Ernst Troeltsch offers a history of Christian ethics. This expansive volume relates Christian ethical ideas to the changing structures of church and society from the period of early Christianity to the end of the eighteenth century. Troeltsch's classic work, first published in 1931, continues to speak to the present condition of the church and culture. The Library of Theo…
A psychoanalyst and an anthropologist collaborate in this now-famous formulation. Guilt and shame are feelings resulting from certain childhood experiences. Although the terms appear to have similar meanings and are often used interchangeably, each of the two feelings influences different patterns of behavior and probably contributes to different character types. This book, whose influence and …