Between Heaven and Earth: Conversations with American Christians

by Helmut Thielicke

Overview

Between Heaven and Earth grew out of one of Thielicke's visits to the United States during which he travelled across the country preaching and lecturing. The conversations recorded here are the fruit of his more informal discussions with small groups of ministers, students and laypeople. The questions they asked are direct and wide-ranging, concerned not only with the fundamental problems of faith but with its bearing on issues of social and political morality. Thielicke's answers, though equally direct, are neither simplistic nor dogmatic. His approach is refreshingly open and his conclusions emerge from a reasoned consideration of the evidence and alternative possibilities. Above all, Thielicke's answers reveal the warmth and deep concern for mankind's spiritual welfare that is at the root of his teaching and writing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227677261
Publisher:	James Clarke & Co. Ltd
Publication date:	01/07/1969
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.67(w) x 8.74(h) x (d)

About the Author

Helmut Thielicke was one of the most outstanding preachers and theologians of the German Lutheran Church. Dismissed by the Nazi regime from his post of Professor of Theology at Heidelberg in 1940, he came to prominence in Stuttgart where, during the worst of the bombing raids and in spite of continuing Nazi opposition, he continued to preach to a congregation of several thousand each week. After the war, he joined the faculty of the University of Tubingen as a Professor of Systematic Theology, later becoming Rector at the University of Hamburg, the first Protestant theologian to hold this position. During this time, he also became a world traveller, lecturing and preaching in the United States, South Africa, Australia and Latin America. He died in Hamburg in 1986.

Table of Contents

Translator's Note Preface: A Brief Orientation for the Reader I. The Bible and God II. Historical Criticism of the Bible III. Understanding the Bible IV. The Virgin Birth V. Speaking in Tongues VI. The Fate of Unbelievers VII. Racial Integration and the Christian VIII. The Nazi Regime IX. What Is the Most Important Question of Our Time? Index