03326nam 2200577 a 450 991077889110332120230606221428.00-300-16264-20-585-37857-610.12987/9780300162646(CKB)111004366648662(EBL)3420915(SSID)ssj0000149431(PQKBManifestationID)11155538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149431(PQKBWorkID)10239892(PQKB)11092050(DE-B1597)486266(OCoLC)923599169(DE-B1597)9780300162646(Au-PeEL)EBL3420915(CaPaEBR)ebr10579314(MiAaPQ)EBC3420915(EXLCZ)9911100436664866219850912d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe essential Reinhold Niebuhr selected essays and addresses /edited and introduced by Robert McAfee BrownNew Haven :Yale University Press,1986.1 online resource (289 pages)Includes indexes.0-300-04001-6 pt. 1. Pessimistic optimism -- pt. 2. God's justice and mercy -- pt. 3. The church and the modern world -- pt. 4. Theological ethics : resources for engagement -- pt. 5. The possibilities and limitations of our knowing.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 Niebuhr's essays together in a single volume. Selected, edited, and introduced by Robert McAfee Brown-a student and friend of Niebuhr's and himself a distinguished theologian-the works included here testify to the brilliant polemics, incisive analysis, and deep faith that characterized the whole of Niebuhr's 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 Niebuhr's fiery polemics and gracious assurances still speak with power to us today."-Roger L. Shinn"An extremely useful volume."-David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books"This collection, which brings together Niebuhr's 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. . . . [Brown's] introduction succinctly presents the central features of Niebuhr's life and thought."-Library JournalTheologySocial ethicsTheology.Social ethics.230Niebuhr Reinhold1892-1971.159824Brown Robert McAfee1920-2001.773181MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778891103321The essential Reinhold Niebuhr3775080UNINA