Religion And The Liberal State In Niebuhr S Christian Realism

Author : Christoph Rohde
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658344641

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Religion and the Liberal State in Niebuhr's Christian Realism by Christoph Rohde Pdf

This book intends to analyze Reinhold Niebuhr's understanding of the state in his Christian Realism. Although his overall notion was thoroughly analyzed in different disciplines and respects, this specific focus can be diagnosed as a lacuna. The task of this book is to develop a hypothesis in terms of under what political, social, organizational or intellectual context Niebuhr made use of what definition of the state. When did he support the extension of state power (e. g. in war times, during economic crisis) and when did he criticize tendencies toward autocratic structures inside Western style democracies?

Author : Harry R. Davis,Robert C. Good
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : Charles W. Kegley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608991280

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Reinhold Niebuhr; His Religious, Social, and Political Thought by Charles W. Kegley Pdf

This collection of essays, by world scholars of different faiths and fields of study, eloquently documents the importance and continuing influence of Niebuhr's extensive body of work. Following an "intellectual autobiography" by Niebuhr are twenty essays forming a candid and vigorous discussion spanning the range of Niebuhr's thought. Since Niebuhr first came to the world's attention as a critic of social conditions, the book begins with an examination of his social thought, especially as a Christian ethicist, proceeding from this to the political sphere. Further essays offer critical exposition, criticism, and questions on such topics as Niebuhr's philosophy of history, his role in American political thought and life, his theology, and the historical roots of his thought. For this new edition, there are updated essays by John Bennett, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and Kenneth Thompson, plus new interpretations by Ronald Stone and Richard Fox. Other contributors include Paul Tillich, Emil Brunner, and Abraham I. Heschel. A bibliography of Niebuhr's work has been brought up to date by D. B. Robertson.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : UOM:39015002988635

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Christian Realism and Political Problems by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : Ronald H. Stone
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506446257

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Reinhold Niebuhr in the 1960s by Ronald H. Stone Pdf

The Civil Rights Movement. The Cuban Missile Crisis. The assassination of a president and a senator, both from the same family. Praise turns into protest; hope into disenchantment, as democracy's new day goes up in flames. The 1960's was an era born in hope and ends in deep conflict. During this era, Reinhold Niebuhr, once dubbed "America's theologian," retires from Union Seminary in New York. Though little has been published about him in this decade, much of Niebuhr's life and work are as much shaped and transformed by this era as his work shapes and transforms the discourse in theology, ethics, and the politics of the age. Ronald H. Stone, a former student-turned-colleague of Niebuhr, brilliantly introduces readers to the Niebuhr of the 1960's. In his analysis of Niebuhr, he shows a theologian whose work sometimes turns less theological and becomes more secular in his writing with a view toward speaking to a less religious, more secular world around him. Stone's delightful book introduces readers to never-before seen letters between the author and Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr, Stone points the way for theologians, ethicists, politicians, and those otherwise seeking justice and peace into the conflicted world today.

Author : Robin W. Lovin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Robin W. Lovin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521443636

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Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism by Robin W. Lovin Pdf

This is a new assessment of the work of the twentieth century's best-known public theologian. Reinhold Niebuhr's ability to make sense of international politics, racial tension, labour unrest, and cultural transformations gained him a wide audience, but his responsiveness to changing times was grounded in a remarkably consistent theology. Today, Christian realism remains an important way to understand politics and society in theological terms, but the enduring themes of Niebuhr's work must also be related to new generations of thinkers in theology, politics, law, and philosophy. Robin W. Lovin traces its key themes so as to identify the political, moral, and theological realisms on which Niebuhr's persuasive and subtle depiction of human nature rests. In that context, a complex, dialectical, Niebuhrian approach still appears as a vital and lively alternative to the oversimplified accounts of politics and justice that have dominated recent decades.

Author : Peter B. Josephson,R. Ward Holder
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498576703

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Reinhold Niebuhr in Theory and Practice by Peter B. Josephson,R. Ward Holder Pdf

American public life is gripped by a tumult that it has not experienced in at least half a century. Resentment, distrust, despair, fear, envy, and outrage are the passions of the day. Yet it was not long ago that political scientists and theologians could speak of a “Niebuhr renaissance” marked by an appreciation of moral paradox, ethical nuance, and a recognition of the irony of American history. American political leaders from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to George Bush and John McCain referenced Reinhold Niebuhr as an important influence on their political understandings. Columnists like David Brooks commented on the political condition of contemporary America, and scholars from Gary Dorrien and Daniel Rice to Richard Crouter developed academic accounts of Niebuhr’s political realism. From an insistence on political purity, to a wariness of international institutions and the claims of expertise, to a rejection of whole categories of public goods – it would be difficult to find a more significant shift from the principles that shaped statecraft and public policy during Niebuhr’s prime to those that are foundational in the age of Trump. Reinhold Niebuhr in Theory and Practice: Christian Realism and Democracy in America in the Twenty-First Century explains the collapse of the Niebuhrian renaissance in public life and the ascendance of the “children of light and the children of darkness” in the 2016 election. Our focus is Niebuhr himself and what the encounter between his own theology and his practical political experience might reveal in our contemporary situation. Niebuhr tells us that he does not offer precise policy prescriptions. But Niebuhr was a prolific author, and his works offer insights both into what realistic and Christian public policies would look like, and perhaps more importantly into how citizens should think for themselves about the political challenges of our times. Our aim, then, is to reassert the possibility of a distinctly Niebuhrian public intellectualism and a distinctly Niebuhrian political practice in the wake of the 2016 election.

Author : Daniel F. Rice
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802862570

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Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited by Daniel F. Rice Pdf

In 2007 then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama called Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 1971) his "favorite philosopher." Reinhold Niebuhr Revisited offers fresh and creative ways of looking at this influential American theologian s views on religion, politics, and culture through the eyes of diverse respected scholars.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034885942

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Faith and Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : D. B. Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039637066

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Reinhold Niebuhr's Works by D. B. Robertson Pdf

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr,Larry L. Rasmussen
Publisher : T. & T. Clark Publishers
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015016885652

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Reinhold Niebuhr by Reinhold Niebuhr,Larry L. Rasmussen Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004409897

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Christian Faith, Philosophy & International Relations by Anonim Pdf

How can the turbulent world of international relations be understood and addressed from a Christian faith perspective? In this book fundamental theological and philosophical perspectives are presented from various Christian traditions: Neo-calvinism, Catholic social teaching, critical theory and Christian realism.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,5 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 : Gary J. Dorrien
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664223559

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The Making of American Liberal Theology by Gary J. Dorrien Pdf

In this first of three volumes, Dorrien identifies the indigenous roots of American liberal theology and demonstrates a wider, longer-running tradition than has been thought. The tradition took shape in the nineteenth century, motivated by a desire to map a modernist "third way" between orthodoxy and rationalistic deism/atheism. It is defined by its openness to modern intellectual inquiry; its commitment to the authority of individual reason and experience; its conception of Christianity as an ethical way of life; and its commitment to make Christianity credible and socially relevant to modern people. Dorrien takes a narrative approach and provides a biographical reading of important religious thinkers of the time, including William E. Channing, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Bushnell, Henry Ward Beecher, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charles Briggs. Dorrien notes that, although liberal theology moved into elite academic institutions, its conceptual foundations were laid in the pulpit rather than the classroom.