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Word: hegelian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turning away from Christ, has reached "the dubious conclusion that history will emancipate him from all evil." But there is no salvation through history, and no escape from it, either. Determinism is not the answer, nor is the Hegelian theory that man improves on his journey through history, no matter what action he takes. "Christianity moves in all history, but it has a dimension above history . . . We Christians must accept the fact that we are in this age. We have to work out our lives' history in this period . . . We must make decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Niebuhr at Yale | 2/19/1951 | See Source »

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