Reinhold Niebuhr's apologetics / by Donald B. Bloesch.

Revision of University of Chicago, 1956 titled: Reinhold Niebuhr's re-evaluation of the apologetic task.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword to the revised version -- Prologue -- I. Introduction: Two types of theology -- Statement of thesis -- II. Niebuhr's break with traditional apologetics: Background of Niebuhr's polemic -- Analysis of syncretic theology -- Attitude toward other kinds of apologetics -- III. Niebuhr's vindication of the apologetic principle: General revelation -- Dialectical theology -- Existential disruption -- IV. Apologetics as a means of validating the faith: Negative validation -- Positive validation -- Relation of apologetics to commitment -- V. A critique of Niebuhr's methodology: The authority of the Bible -- Methodological principles -- Niebuhr's anthropology -- Niebuhr on the means of grace -- The apologetic principle -- VI. A new role for apologetics: The mission of the Church -- Faith seeking understanding -- Apologetics as a subsidiary of Kerygmatic theology -- Apologetics as an aid in witnessing -- Epilogue.