Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. I. PESSIMISTIC OPTIMISM
6. 1. OPTIMISM, PESSIMISM, AND RELIGIOUS FAITH 3
7. II. GOD’S JUSTICE AND MERCY 19
8. 2. THE POWER AND WEAKNESS OF GOD 21
9. 3. TWO SERMONS 33
10. 4 HUMOUR AND FAITH 49
11. 5. THE ASSURANCE OF GRACE 61
12. 6. PRAYERS 72
13. III. THE CHURCH AND THE MODERN WORLD
14. 7. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN A SECULAR AGE 79
15. 8. THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS IN THE SOCIAL AND NATIONAL ORDER 93
16. 9. WHY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS NOT PACIFIST 102
17. IV. THEOLOGICAL ETHICS: RESOURCES FOR ENGAGEMENT
18. 10. AUGUSTINE’S POLITICAL REALISM 123
19. 11. LOVE AND LAW IN PROTESTANTISM AND CATHOLICISM 142
20. 12. THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND THE CHILDREN OF DARKNESS 160
21. 13. THE RELATIONS OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION 182
22. V. THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF OUR KNOWING
23. 14. IDEOLOGY AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD 205
24. 15. COHERENCE, INCOHERENCE, AND CHRISTIAN FAITH 218
25. 16. MYSTERY AND MEANING 237
26. EPILOGUE: A VIEW OF LIFE FROM THE SIDELINES 250
27. INDEX OF PERSONS 259
28. INDEX OF SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES 261
29. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 262