[Dialogue] An article by one of the Niebuhr's . . .

[John Kloepfer]

Jim,
    I believe the article you refer to is entitled, "Toward a New Other-Worldliness," by H. Richard Niebuhr.  It was published in "Theology Today" April 1944, Vol. 1, No. 1.  "Theology Today" is still being published, as far as I know, which tells you something about the significance of this article, being virtually their first one.
    I have a copy of the article, and use it quite often in my teaching.  It was reprinted with permission by the Ecumenical Institute in our little piece called "Foundational Studies: The Other World" as part of our Other World materials.  If you have you old Other World materials you may even have it.  It was a packet of 8 articles reproduced and stapled together with our yellow front and back covers.  
    I don't have a fax machine here at work, but would be happy to fax it to you from a public fax office on my way home if no one else gets you one in the meantime.  
    The other articles are also good, although the one you mention is the bedrock of them all since it is the one that gave us the metaphor of the other world in the first place.  The others include three by Rudolf Otto, two by Joseph Campbell and one each by Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Gogarten.
John Kloepfer
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Wiegel 
  To: Colleague Dialogue ; OE at wedgeblade.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:41 AM
  Subject: [Dialogue] An article by one of the Niebuhr's . . .


  For some reason, I REALLY want to read an article by one of the Niebuhrs, it was trotted out as part of the background on the other world work, something about as human beings we live in 2 worlds, one of the every day (this world) and one of spirit (the other world) and we are not in home in either one, but find ourselves migrating between them . . . (memory fades . . .)  seems relevant at the moment.

  Any clues?  anyone have a copy I could get, want to call and read it over the phone??

  Jim Wiegel


   


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