Why Niebuhr matters

Lemert, Charles C., 1937-

Why Niebuhr matters [electronic resource] / Charles Lemert. - New Haven : Yale University Press logo>, c2011. - xvi, 252 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index.

Why Niebuhr? -- Reinhold Niebuhr: tamed cynic -- Evangelical preacher: wheat and tares -- Powers, pulpits, and politics: moral man and immoral society -- Sin, self, and society: nature and destiny of man -- Nations, global politics, and religion: irony and American history -- Political recovery and globalization: knowing the difference.


Available electronically via the Internet.

9780300175424 (cloth : alk. paper)


Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.

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