The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresse

ISBN: 0300040016

Author: Niebuhr, Reinhold

Condition: new

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 Niebuhrs essays together in a single volume. Selected, edited, and introduced by Robert McAfee Brown-a student and friend of Niebuhrs and himself a distinguished theologian-the works included here testify to the brilliant polemics, incisive analysis, and deep faith that characterized the whole of Niebuhrs 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 Niebuhrs fiery polemics and gracious assurances still speak with power to us today.-Roger L. ShinnAn extremely useful volume.-David Brion Davis, New York Review of BooksThis collection, which brings together Niebuhrs 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. . . . [Browns] introduction succinctly presents the central features of Niebuhrs life and thought.-Library Journal