Niebuhr and His Age: Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role and LegacyA&C Black, 2002 M02 1 - 333 páginas Reinhold Niebuhr's "Christian realism" combined theological insights with moral and political reflection, helping to guide society through its struggles for peace and justice during the mid-twentieth century. Without illusion or despair, he illuminated the possibilities and the limits of human existence. His perspective remains relevant for the problems and issues of our own time. This extensively researched intellectual and personal biography profiles Niebuhr's development and his role as a leading theologian, social philosopher, and political journalist. Brown concludes with an appraisal of Niebhur's legacy a legacy that continues to influence public discourse and religious life in the twenty-first century. |
Contenido
Niebuhrs Wisdom in an Age of Perplexity | 1 |
From His Fathers Parsonage to the Motor City | 9 |
Toward Christian Realism in Social Ethics | 36 |
The Magnum Opus Human Nature and Destiny | 68 |
Defending the West against the Nazi Menace | 95 |
Politics and Theology in the Postwar Years | 124 |
The World and Union Seminary at MidCentury | 165 |
Christian Faith and the Social Order | 189 |
Advice and Reflections in a Troubled Decade | 212 |
The Nieburian Legacy | 246 |
A Reinhold Niebuhr Chronology | 259 |
NOTES | 278 |
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Niebuhr and His Age: Reinhold Niebuhr's Prophetic Role in the Twentieth Century Charles Calvin Brown Vista de fragmentos - 1992 |
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