view of work as undermining human dignity. Socially he finds the ‘spirit of capitalism’ which it produces to be a cause of human self-destruction and environmental disaster. Moltmann finally considers the motif of work as achievement. This view he associates with the philosophies of Hegel and Marx. The idea here is that all work should be truly humanized if it is to have meaning for people; that is, all work should be creative activity leading to self-realisation. Ultimately, Moltmann finds this