Why Niebuhr Matters

by Charles Lemert

Book Overview

A leading social theorist analyzes how and why Niebuhr's revival has taken place, ultimately arguing for his political and moral relevance today

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a Protestant preacher, an influential religious thinker, and an important moral guide in mid-twentieth-century America. But what does he have to say to us now? In what way does he inform the thinking of political leaders and commentators from Barack Obama...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300192541
• ISBN13: 9780300192544
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.8" x 7.4"