Why Niebuhr Matters (Why X Matters Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300175426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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"From beginning to end this book is a wonderful read—brisk, intelligent, and relevant, filled with delicious asides, personal reflections, and unexpected turns."—Alan Wolfe, Boston College
He developed a political realism that refused to sacrifice ideals to mere pragmatism, or politics to bitterness and greed. With brevity and deep insight, Lemert shows how Niebuhr's ideas illuminate our most difficult questions today.. He examined the problem of morality in an immoral society and reimagined the balance between rights and freedom for the individual and social justice for the many. 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 and Madeleine Albright to David Brooks and Walter Russell Mead, all of whom acknowledge his influence? In this lively overview of Niebuhr's career, Charles Lemert analyzes why interest in Niebuhr is rising and how Niebuhr provides the answers we ache for in the face of seismic shifts in the global order.In the middle of the twentieth century, having outgrown a theological liberalism, Niebuhr challenged and rethought the nonsocialist Left in Americ
Niebuhr Really Does Matter - Perhaps Now More Than Ever A Certain Bibliophile For several years, I've had Reinhold Niebuhr's "Moral Man and Immoral Society" and "The Nature and Destiny of Man," by far his two most well-known books, resting on my bookshelf, but never felt it urgent enough to read them any time soon. In some ways, Charles Lemert's book about the elder Niebuhr brother changed this. This book's main strength is Lemert's hagio. Dean Eland said Not a how to book but. Clear and concise arguments and strong connection with present geo social complexities and disappointment with political leadership. He brings out Niebuhr's relevance and meaning for today and for those anxious about current global challenges. his thesis also addresses those who are idealists and skeptics. This is not a "how to book" but conveys reassuring insig. Biblical Reader said Prose is hard to get through. I got the main ideas Lemert makes about why he believes Niebuhr is still important today, and I agree with him. But I think Lemert's prose is just as hard to get through as Niebuhr's prose is to understand. I really like Niebuhr's ideas but I would like a book that's sentence structure is easier to comprehend.