Reinhold Niebuhr Major Works On Religion And Politics

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781598534054

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Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

A definitive collection of the theologian and public intellectual who was the conscience of the American Century. “One of my favorite philosophers,” remarked Barack Obama about the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) in 2007. President Obama is but one of the many American political leaders—including Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr.—to be influenced by Niebuhr’s writings. Throughout the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, Niebuhr was one of the most prominent public voices of his time, probing with singular style the question of how to act morally in a fallen world. This Library of America volume, prepared by Niebuhr’s daughter, Elisabeth Sifton, collects four indispensable books: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic (1929), Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932), The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944), and The Irony of American History (1952), along with a selection of essays, sermons, lectures, prayers, including his world-famous Serenity Prayer, and writings on current events—Prohibition, the Allied bombing of Germany, apartheid in South Africa, the Vietnam War—many of which are collected here for the first time.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646982004

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Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began his career as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, Michigan, where he served from 1915–1928. Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is Niebuhr's account of the frustrations and joys he experienced during his years at Bethel. Addressed to young ministers, this book provides reflections and insights for those engaged in the challenging yet infinitely rewarding occupation of pastoral ministry. With a foreword from Jonathan Walton on Niebuhr's enduring insights into the challenges and relevance of pastoral ministry, this powerful book remains as useful today as it was last century.

Author : Richard Crouter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199702008

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Reinhold Niebuhr by Richard Crouter Pdf

A primer on the current "Niebuhr revival" of the political left and right, this book traces the significance of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought for secular as well as deeply Christian minds. Placed in the context of religious and cultural history, Niebuhr's theological views deepen and challenge contemporary expertise on issues of war, peace, economic, and personal security. While rejecting cynical pessimism and naive optimism, Niebuhr's Christian realism reinvigorates age-old teachings of the Bible, St. Paul, Augustine, and Kierkegaard. His thought enriches present-day debates between science and religion and between atheists, agnostics, and believers. To live with Niebuhr's legacy is to combine critical acumen with humble self-awareness. It is to pursue a larger common good - for him, God-given - that is shared among individuals, nations, and the world community.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226584010

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The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, first published in 1944, is considered one of the most profound and relevant works by the influential theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and certainly the fullest statement of his political philosophy. Written and first read during the prolonged, tragic world war between totalitarian and democratic forces, Niebuhr’s book took up the timely question of how democracy as a political system could best be defended. Most proponents of democracy, Niebuhr claimed, were “children of light,” who had optimistic but naïve ideas about how society could be rid of evil and governed by enlightened reason. They needed, he believed, to absorb some of the wisdom and strength of the “children of darkness,” whose ruthless cynicism and corrupt, anti-democratic politics should otherwise be repudiated. He argued for a prudent, liberal understanding of human society that took the measure of every group’s self-interest and was chastened by a realistic understanding of the limits of power. It is in the foreword to this book that he wrote, “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” This edition includes a new introduction by the theologian and Niebuhr scholar Gary Dorrien in which he elucidates the work’s significance and places it firmly into the arc of Niebuhr’s career.

Author : Richard Wightman Fox
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000004402008

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Reinhold Neibuhr by Richard Wightman Fox Pdf

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226583990

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The Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

“[Niebuhr] is one of my favorite philosophers. I take away [from his works] the compelling idea that there’s serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. And we should be humble and modest in our belief we can eliminate those things. But we shouldn’t use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction. I take away . . . the sense we have to make these efforts knowing they are hard.”—President Barack Obama Forged during the tumultuous but triumphant postwar years when America came of age as a world power, The Irony of American History is more relevant now than ever before. Cited by politicians as diverse as Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Niebuhr’s masterpiece on the incongruity between personal ideals and political reality is both an indictment of American moral complacency and a warning against the arrogance of virtue. Impassioned, eloquent, and deeply perceptive, Niebuhr’s wisdom will cause readers to rethink their assumptions about right and wrong, war and peace. “The supreme American theologian of the twentieth century.”—Arthur Schlesinger Jr., New York Times “Niebuhr is important for the left today precisely because he warned about America’s tendency—including the left’s tendency—to do bad things in the name of idealism. His thought offers a much better understanding of where the Bush administration went wrong in Iraq.”—Kevin Mattson, The Good Society “Irony provides the master key to understanding the myths and delusions that underpin American statecraft. . . . The most important book ever written on US foreign policy.”—Andrew J. Bacevich, from the Introduction

Author : Robin W. Lovin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521841948

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Christian Realism and the New Realities by Robin W. Lovin Pdf

Robin W. Lovin argues that the integration of religion and public life will benefit society more than their separation.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034885942

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Faith and Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Augustus m Kelley Pubs
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0678027579

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Christian Realism and Political Problems by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781787204966

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Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Moral Man and Immoral Society, first published in 1932, is Reinhold Niebuhr’s important study in ethics and politics. Forthright and realistic, it discussed the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behaviour of human collectives of every sort, the inability of rationalists and social scientists to even imagine the realities of collective power, and, ultimately, how individual morality can overcome social immorality. “Every thinking Christian must squarely face the major thesis of this book, or confess the impotence of his faith for a day when the dawn is lowering red.”—The Christian Century “No one can read it without gaining great value.”—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300162642

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The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Theologian, ethicist, and political analyst, Reinhold Niebuhr was a towering figure of twentieth-century religious thought. Now newly repackaged, this important book gathers the best of Niebuhr’s essays together in a single volume. Selected, edited, and introduced by Robert McAfee Brown—a student and friend of Niebuhr’s and himself a distinguished theologian—the works included here testify to the brilliant polemics, incisive analysis, and deep faith that characterized the whole of Niebuhr’s life.“This fine anthology makes available to a new generation the thought of one of the most penetrating and rewarding of twentieth-century minds. Reinhold Niebuhr remains the great illuminator of the dark conundrums of human nature, history and public policy.”—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.“Sparkling gems. . . brought from the shadows of history into contemporary light. Beautifully selected and edited, they show that Niebuhr’s fiery polemics and gracious assurances still speak with power to us today.”—Roger L. Shinn“An extremely useful volume.”—David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books“This collection, which brings together Niebuhr’s most penetrating and enduring essays on theology and politics, should demonstrate for a new generation that his best thought transcends the immediate historical setting in which he wrote. . . . [Brown’s] introduction succinctly presents the central features of Niebuhr’s life and thought.”—Library Journal

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : UVA:X000111717

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Christianity and Power Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610979481

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Man's Nature and His Communities by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

This book centers on the major theme of Reinhold Niebuhr's lifework, the nature of humanity and the political and social life. Idealistic and realistic social philosophies are reevaluated and tribalism is analyzed as a pervasive quality of humankind's societies. A thinker who has always advanced by criticizing his own assumptions, Dr. Niebuhr continued to break new ground and to reconsider some of his earlier judgments. In this book, Dr. Niebuhr reviews the doctrines of the political order advanced by religious and secular interests; he traces the long history of the paradox of man's obvious universal humanity and the tribal loyalties which are the roots of human inhumanity; and he deals with the complex relation between ambition and creativity. Adding to and modifying his remarkable contribution to contemporary thought, Dr. Niebuhr has written a book that is of fundamental importance.

Author : Harry R. Davis,Robert C. Good
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556354274

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Reinhold Niebuhr on Politics by Harry R. Davis,Robert C. Good Pdf

William Temple, late Archbishop of Canterbury, on meeting Reinhold Niebuhr for the first time, commented, At last I've met the troubler of my peace. Of him John Baillie, the distinguished theologian, also remarked, Intellectually, Niebuhr is head and shoulders, he is legs and ankles above any other American. The full range of Niebuhr's political thought -- in his own writing -- is here made available in one convenient volume. Using materials from sixteen of his books and some one hundred and seventy of his articles, the editors, Harry R. Davis and Robert C. Good, have brilliantly succeeded in linking together the various selections so that they form a logical whole. The volume begins with Niebuhr's examination of the contemporary crisis and his analysis of the false solutions offered by the liberal creed and by communist doctrine. The ground thus cleared, Niebuhr erects his own system of political thought. In the final section of the book, Niebuhr deals with problems of the day in the light of his central beliefs and insights. As an advisory committee the editors enjoyed the assistance of Charles Burton Marshall (Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research), Hans J. Morgenthau (Chicago), E. E. Schattschneider Jr. (Harvard), and Arnold Wolfers (Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research). Niebuhr himself read and approved the contents.

Author : John Patrick Diggins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226148861

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Why Niebuhr Now? by John Patrick Diggins Pdf

Barack Obama has called him “one of my favorite philosophers.” John McCain wrote that he is “a paragon of clarity about the costs of a good war.” Andrew Sullivan has said, “We need Niebuhr now more than ever.” For a theologian who died in 1971, Reinhold Niebuhr is maintaining a remarkably high profile in the twenty-first century. In Why Niebuhr Now? acclaimed historian John Patrick Diggins tackles the complicated question of why, at a time of great uncertainty about America’s proper role in the world, leading politicians and thinkers are turning to Niebuhr for answers. Diggins begins by clearly and carefully working through Niebuhr’s theology, which focuses less on God’s presence than his absence—and the ways that absence abets the all-too-human sin of pride. He then shows how that theology informed Niebuhr’s worldview, leading him to be at the same time a strong opponent of fascism and communism and a leading advocate for humility and caution in foreign policy. Turning to the present, Diggins highlights what he argues is a misuse of Niebuhr’s legacy on both the right and the left: while neoconservatives distort Niebuhr’s arguments to support their call for an endless war on terror in the name of stopping evil, many liberal interventionists conveniently ignore Niebuhr’s fundamental doubts about power. Ultimately, Niebuhr’s greatest lesson is that, while it is our duty to struggle for good, we must at the same time be wary of hubris, remembering the limits of our understanding. The final work from a distinguished writer who spent his entire career reflecting on America’s history and promise, Why Niebuhr Now? is a compact and perceptive book that will be the starting point for all future discussions of Niebuhr.