Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism [Paperback]

A new and penetrating assessment of the work of the twentieth century's best known public theologian.As a major American theologian and political thinker of the mid-20th century, Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) has received much attention from biographers and historians in recent years. This study presents his Christian Realism in a way that is applicable to today's social issues.As a major American theologian and political thinker of the mid-20th century, Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) has received much attention from biographers and historians in recent years. This study presents his Christian Realism in a way that is applicable to today's social issues.Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a major American theologian and political thinker of the mid-twentieth century. He has received much attention from biographers and historians in recent years, but, since his thought remains very relevant for contemporary ethics, a reassessment is due of what he might contribute to current thinking about politics and society. This book is intended to present Niebuhr's ideas about Christian Realism in a way that will be useful to people who are thinking about today's social issues.Acknowledgements; An introduction to Christian realism; 1. God; 2. Ethics; 3. Freedom; 4. Politics; 5. Justice; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index. Robin Lovin's Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism is a lively, reliable, and well-written contribution to the study of Neibuhr's thought. International Studies in Philosophy ...readers who stick with Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism are going to learn a lot that they did not know about Christian realism and that they can get from no other source, not even from Niebuhr himself. Lovin has a gift for explicating ideas that Niebuhr often left imprecise and for injecting those ideas into contemporary intellectual debates... Religion and Values in Public Life Robin W. Lovin makes a most interesting argument for the connection between Niebuhr's poliló!