A collection of addresses, essays, and lectures, some previously published in various sources.
Includes bibliographical references.
True unbelief -- Ivan Karamazov's argument -- Evidence for God's love -- Attitudes to death in the twentieth century -- 'Astride of a grave' : Samuel Beckett and Christian hope -- 'Away grief's gasping' : the note of hope in Hopkins' anguish -- The resurrection in some modern novels -- The Christian concept of peace -- Reinhold Niebuhr and his pacifist critics -- Power, coercion and morality -- Human rights in theological perspective -- World population and birth control -- Is there a role for charity in a modern state? -- The morality of good business -- Epilogue : Has religion a future?