Preface 1. An Interpretation of Our Culture Some Aspects of Our Culture Some Aspects of Religion Religious Studies The Theological Scene Preoccupation with Theological Method Christian Ethics Philosophical Ethics Conclusions 2. Theocentric Ethics: Is It Ethics in the Traditional Sense? The Central Reference Point: Man or God? A Moral Pause A Religious and Theological Pause Conclusions 3. Convictions and Procedures: An Interlude Convictions: The Priority of Human Experience Convictions: Religion, "Others," and the "Other" Procedures: Theological Tradition and Development Concluding Reflections 4. A Preferance for the Reformed Tradition Theology as a Way of Construing the World The Reformed Tradition Problematics in the Reformed Tradition Conclusions 5. God in Relation to Man and the World I. Religion The Use of Terms "Nonreligious" Experiences and Their Religious Significance Nature History Culture Society The Self The Religious Construal of the Affections and Their Object II. God God as Creator God as Sustainer and Governor God as Judge God as Redeemer The Use of Scientific Explanations in the Retrieval and Reconstruction of Theology 6.

Man in Relation to God and the World "Natural Man" The "Human Fault" The Correction The Christian Religious Context 7. Moral Life in Theocentric Perspective Index.