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Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years.
Dec 7, 2018 · Here are five aspects of Niebuhr’s work that help explain his enduring relevance. 1. He thought big. Niebuhr titled his 1938–40 Gifford Lectures (the most illustrious theology lecture series in the world) “The Nature and Destiny of Man.” On page 1 of the published volume 1, he wrote, “Man has always been his own most vexing problem.
Jun 17, 2024 · Reinhold Niebuhr, American Protestant theologian who had extensive influence on political thought and whose criticism of the prevailing theological liberalism of the 1920s significantly affected the intellectual climate within American Protestantism.
Reinhold Niebuhr was a Protestant theologian best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the reality of modern politics and diplomacy. He is a crucial contributor to modern just war thinking.
Jun 21, 2005 · Niebuhr led the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation, but later railed against isolationist clergy and supported America’s entry into World War II.
Jun 2, 1971 · The Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr, the Protestant theologian who had wide influence in the worlds of religion and politics, died last evening at his sum mer home in Stockbridge, Mass., after a long...
Nov 1, 2007 · Paul Elie discusses the contested legacy of Reinhold Niebuhr. In his lifetime, Niebuhr was a restless and paradoxical figure: an evangelical preacher and the author of the Serenity Prayer, a...
Religion, Philosophy. Theologian, ethicist, and political analyst, Reinhold Niebuhr was a towering figure of twentieth-century religious thought. Now newly repackaged, this important...
Feb 11, 2016 · But at nearly the exact midpoint of the last century, the Christian thinker Reinhold Niebuhr’s classic The Irony of American History took the measure of not only America’s role in the emergent Cold War but also its sense of mission in the world.
Niebuhr, Reinhold. (1892–1971), theologian and social critic. Reinhold Niebuhr, often considered America's greatest Protestant theologian and one of its most influential social critics, had a major impact on twentieth-century political life. Niebuhr helped shape the field of Christian social ethics; promote movements for Christian socialism ...
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