Since 1937, when Reinhold Niebuhr articulated his most developed understanding of the function of theological language, there has been debate about how his approach should be understood. Recent readings of Niebuhr have assumed that Niebuhr's account of theological language rests upon dualistic presuppositions. While acknowledging manifestations of post-Cartesian dualism in Niebuhr's thought, this article argues that Niebuhr's thought also reflects a more compelling strain of Augustinian/Kierkegaardian anti-dualism, and that reading Niebuhr through the lens of this anti-dualism allows for a fruitful account of his treatment of theological language.

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再次阅读莱因霍尔德·尼布尔反对自己：论神学语言和神圣行动

自 1937 年莱因霍尔德·尼布尔 (Reinhold Niebuhr) 阐明他对神学语言功能的最深入理解以来，一直存在关于如何理解他的方法的争论。最近对尼布尔的解读假定尼布尔对神学语言的解释建立在二元论的预设之上。在承认尼布尔思想中后笛卡尔二元论的表现形式的同时，本文认为尼布尔的思想也反映了奥古斯丁/克尔凯郭尔式反二元论的更引人注目的张力，并且通过这种反二元论的视角来解读尼布尔可以对他对神学语言的处理。