The Discovery of Humankind: An Essay on the Christian Understanding of Community

Abraham Advaita Vedanta affirmation Amorites Aristotle Artha Shastra Atman baptism become believe Biblical blood bond Buddhism Caanan celebrated Christ Christian community Christian faith Christian thought Christian understanding church circumcision civil religion coming world civilization common humanity concern conflict covenant culture democracy democratic Descartes dignity distinction doctrine earth Egypt empirical ethical event fact freedom fundamental God's gods heaven Hindu Hinduism Hocking Holy human community humankind idea identity India inherent insight insisted Israel issue Jesus Jewish Judaism Judaizers Kingdom land language linguism living Lord loyalty Marxism meaning missionary modern moral Muslim nation natural neighbour Old Testament one's parable participation person Pharisees philosophy political promise prophetic question radical reality relation religious resurrection ritual Roman sense significance simply social society soul spirit symbol Testament community theology things tion traditional transcendent tribal tribes unclean understanding of community understood unity universal values Western Yahweh