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Reinhold Niebuhr was a leading American theologian whose profound influence on the political and theological discourse of the 20th century continues to be felt today. Reinhold Niebuhr 1910 was ordained a minister in the German Evangelical Synod of North America, a forerunner of the United Church of Christ, and taught at Union Theological ...
Feb 10, 2021 · Abstract. Reinhold Niebuhr was a theologian, writer, and public intellectual who influenced religious leaders and social activists in the United State over four crucial decades in the middle of the twentieth century. This Handbook begins by tracing the development of his work through those years and provides an introduction to the dialogue ...
Jul 25, 2023 · Reinhold Niebuhr has developed the thesis that man is a creature of two dimensions: "He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit." As finite, man is a part of nature, subject to its laws and its vicissitudes; but as self-conscious, man transcends himself, being capable of viewing himself as object, and thus is a creature of spirit.
Reinhold Niebuhr, (born June 21, 1892, Wright City, Mo., U.S.—died June 1, 1971, Stockbridge, Mass.), U.S. theologian. The son of an evangelical minister, he studied at Eden Theological Seminary and Yale Divinity School. He was ordained in the Evangelical Synod of North America in 1915 and served as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in ...
Reinhold Niebuhr. Reinhold Niebuhr, född 21 juni 1892 i Wright City, Missouri, död 1 juni 1971 i Stockbridge, Massachusetts, var en inflytelserik amerikansk teolog och filosof, mest känd för att i sina studier försöka relatera den kristna tron till den moderna politikens och diplomatins verklighet.
Niebuhr resorts to the formula of “original sin” to explain why evil in history belongs to man. “Man being both free and bound, both limited and limitless is anxious. Anxiety is the inevitable concomitant of the paradox of freedom and finiteness in which man is involved. Anxiety is the internal precondition of sin.
104 quotes from Reinhold Niebuhr: 'God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.', 'Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.', and 'Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime ...
