The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation (two volumes, 1943) is one of the important works of the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

According to the Christian view, human beings are made in the image of God.

Unlike alternative views that establish a good and bad duality between mind and body, in the Christian view, both mind and body are good because both are created by God.

Christianity is a religion of revelation, meaning that Christians believe that God must speak to people in order for them to arrive at a correct understanding of the divine nature and will.

If the Bible is to be believed, God spoke to people throughout history but the divine message was not clearly understood.