A Democrat not on this blog Oct 10, 2008
Out of the blue I say, Ever read a guy named Reinhold Niebuhr ... For the next 20 minutes, he gave me a perfect description of Reinhold Niebuhr s thought, which is a very subtle thought process based on the idea that you have to use power while it corrupts you. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Free World Colossus Sep 20, 2008
In the postwar era, those who raised their voices in opposition to America s ideological foreign policy have been political realists such as Hans Morgenthau, Reinhold Niebuhr, Walter Lippmann, Henry Kissinger, and, above all, George Kennan. Burnham s attack on the policy of containment was aimed directly at Kennan, its architect but also a probing critic of the manner in which Americans conducted foreign policy. (The American Conservative)
Appetite for Destruction Sep 13, 2008
Americans, Reinhold Niebuhr observed, seek a solution for practically every problem of life in quantitative terms, certain that more is better. This relationship between expansion, abundance, and freedom reached its apotheosis in the aftermath of World War II. Assisted by the fratricidal behavior of the European powers and reckless Japanese policies that culminated in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. emerged as a global superpower, while the American people came to enjoy a standard of living... (The American Conservative)
Obama's ideological elusiveness Aug 26, 2008
He draws also on the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who crafted the concept of the "just war" and argued for the morality, under certain circumstances, of nuclear armament. "Obama carries in his intellectual DNA many of the tensions between the left and the middle in American political culture," said Peter Dreier, a professor of politics at Occidental College. (International Herald Tribune)
Post-9/11, faiths rallied to protect Muslims Aug 17, 2008
Niebuhr's grandfather was Reinhold Niebuhr, a famed Protestant theologian of the mid-20th century, and his great-uncle, Helmut Reinhold Niebuhr, was a noted ethicist. Both were concerned that religion be "personal yet not pietistic," he said in the interview. (Boston Globe)
Serenity Prayer faces challenge on authorship Jul 13, 2008
For more than 70 years, the composer was thought to be the Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, one of modern Christianity's most towering figures ... Shapiro said in an interview: "Reinhold Niebuhr was a very honest person who was very forthright and modest about his role in the Serenity Prayer. My interpretation would be that he probably unconsciously adapted it from something that he had heard or read.". (International Herald Tribune)
Does Anyone Know what is going on at St. Joseph School in Jeanerette! Please Help! May 5, 2008
Reinhold Niebuhr wrote on May 3, 2008 2:17 PM:" God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things rightif I surrender to His Will;That I may be happy in this life. ". Blessed Mother help us wrote on May 2,... (New Iberia, LA)
Life to the full Apr 22, 2008
The "Introspective Conscience" article was a milestone, stimulating theological reconsiderations that put Stendahl in rank with Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr. Instead of understanding St. Paul as one who had left his Jewishness behind because it was inadequate to save him from a damning Old Testament God, readers could see that Paul never thought of himself as abandoning his beloved Israel. (International Herald Tribune)
Paradisiacal soul-searching Mar 15, 2008
"The Serenity Prayer," by Reinhold Niebuhr, provides guidance for it: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference." Amen. Reach T&D Columnist Howard D. Hill, Ph. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Spiritually Speaking: Don't panic. Breathe. Feb 8, 2008
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference, trusting that God will make all things right (Credit to Reinhold Niebuhr). Believers believe this: that finally the universe is not just about randomness or chaos or spinning out of control but instead God is behind above and below this entire thing we call reality. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Connections: Celebrating Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of America's best-known Jewish figures Dec 28, 2007
But no modern Jewish thinker has had as profound an effect on other faiths as Heschel has; the Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr said he was "an authoritative voice not only in the Jewish community but in the religious life of America." Nor has any Jewish theologian since Heschel succeeded in speaking to such a wide range of readers while rigorously attending to the nuances of Judaism. Some of this uniqueness can be felt in the way Heschel approached the woman in the airport. (International Herald Tribune)
The Politics Of Delusional Pundits Dec 23, 2007
Brooks channels the late sociologist David Riesman to declare that Obama is a secure "inner-directed man," who was "forged by the process of discovering his own identity." Then, channeling Abraham Lincoln, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Isaiah Berlin, Brooks expostulates about Obama as a man with a tragic sense of life and acute powers of observation relying chiefly, like the Globe, on Obama's semi-fictional memoir. Brooks offers nothing about politics and knowledge and positions: it's all about... (CBS News)
More than just a light on the hill Dec 22, 2007
"If theologians and church leaders set a high bar for Rudd, others say there is a way to navigate the difficult shoals of politics and faith. Brian Howe, a Uniting Church minister, served as deputy prime minister to Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. Raised with the Methodist passion for social justice, he took comfort in the writings not only of Bonhoeffer but his contemporary, Reinhold Niebuhr, a Lutheran cleric and author of Moral Man and Immoral Society. Niebuhr developed the theory of Christian... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Pankaj Mishra: Confront the clichs Dec 10, 2007
But, as Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr pointed out, the "men of culture", with their developed faculty of reasoning, tend to "give the hysterias of war and the imbecilities of national politics more plausible excuses than the average man is capable of inventing". The "public conversation" about Islam proposed by Amis should not be avoided. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Hillary Clinton was reshaped by turmoil in the 1960s Oct 21, 2007
In seminary, Jones imbibed Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Reinhold Niebuhr, Christian philosophers who preached social improvement. He had hung out in New York City, tuning in to beat poets. (Boston Globe -- Nation)
Fidelity is important in every relationship Oct 20, 2007
The Citizen, Auburn NY - TEST. The Citizen Voting Booth. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
An argument for intelligent belief Oct 9, 2007
Reinhold Niebuhr, the Protestant theologian who wrote extensively on social and political issues; Abraham Joshua Heschel, the Jewish scholar and civil rights activist; and Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker movement and inveterate writer, were deeply thoughtful and well educated people for whom belief was a central part of lives. Telling anyone who knew them that they were stupid would make them laugh. (International Herald Tribune)
University scholars receive distinguished, named professorships Sep 21, 2007
His teaching incorporates 20th-century thinkers, such as Alfred North Whitehead and Reinhold Niebuhr, and local figures, such as Charles Hartshorne and Schubert Ogden, both former professors at the University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Divine Good: Modern Moral Theory and the Necessity of God (1990), Democracy on Purpose: Justice and the Reality of God (2000) and Politics as a Christian Vocation: Faith and Democracy Today (2005). (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Why Christopher Hitchens Is Wrong About Billy Graham Sep 21, 2007
In years to come critics like Reinhold Niebuhr would challenge his preaching as too simple, too far removed from the complexity of the human condition. But not even Niebuhr questioned the sincerity of Graham's faith or motives. (Time.com)
Other deaths Sep 6, 2007
An author of such nonfiction books as "Courage to Change: An Introduction to the Life and Thought of Reinhold Niebuhr," Ms. Birge also wrote plays and musicals about female historical figures that were produced in regional theaters. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Chomsky: Culture & Responsibility Aug 17, 2007
Or you get respected moralists like Reinhold Niebuhr, who was once called the theologian of the establishment. And the reason is because he presented a framework which, essentially, justified just about anything they wanted to do. (Zmag.org)
Couple has message to noisy bikers - stay away Aug 14, 2007
Citizen wrote on Aug 10, 2007 4:09 PM:" From the Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr.... God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference...if you can control the behavior of 400,000 people who have gathered in one area for what is basically a week-long party, you are obviously a more wise individual than I...I await your leadership as to how we change things. ". I don't care what the wrote on Aug 10, 2007 3:52... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Off-Broadway Opening Set For Play Commissioned By Lied Center Jun 1, 2007
The play, work for three actors loosely based on the teachings of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, sees Eckert portray Reinhart Poole, an unconventional theologian and teacher of ethics at a seminary. Reinhart, who has been pressured to resign by dogmatic powers within his church, works all night on his last lecture. (Nebraska Statepaper)
The end of innocence May 19, 2007
America's artificial situation in which, as Reinhold Niebuhr once described it, the "paradise of our domestic security is suspended in a hell of global insecurity" managed to survive even Vietnam. The cold war's climate of political conformity was pierced repeatedly by novelists such as Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Mary McCarthy, EL Doctorow, Russell Banks, Robert Stone, Barbara Kingsolver and Joan Didion. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Faith and Justice Lecture SeriesOpens at Program by Dr. Shinn Mar 14, 2007
A native of Germantown, Ohio, Dr. Shinn is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he was on the faculty from 1959 to 1985. He was adjunct professor of religion and society at Columbia University from 1962 to 1986 and taught at the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. (Voices, CT)
Evangelicals Take Anti-Torture Stand Mar 14, 2007
Quoting a wide range of sources including the Bible, Pope John Paul II, Elie Wiesel and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, the authors say the federal government has a moral obligation to follow international human rights treaties that the U.S. has endorsed. "As American Christians, we are above all motivated by a desire that our nation's actions would be consistent with foundational Christian moral norms," the document says. (Click2Houston, TX)
The Silence Of The Good People Mar 7, 2007
Countless pages could be written on the difference it would make if religions were able to accept others as human beings, worthy of life, respect, and their own perspective on God, instead of working overtime to prove Reinhold Niebuhr correct in saying groups are more immoral than individuals. Much has been written of how the Nazis dehumanized Jews. (Nebraska Statepaper)
An American idol: Arthur Schlesinger Mar 2, 2007
Rather, he wrote about Reinhold Niebuhr, an evangelical minister and professor in the last century who remains a stark contrast to the evangelicals of contemporary times who appear certain and confident on their theological outlook and political agenda. Niebuhr, as Schlesinger carefully pointed out, always gave import to the depravity as well as the greatness of the human condition, reminding his parishioners and students alike that the taint of man's original sin makes mistakes, and therefore... (Orlando Sentinel -- Opinion)
ARTHUR SCHLESINGER JR.: 1917-2007Historian who advised Kennedy Mar 2, 2007
" Inspired by the Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, he argued that pragmatic, reform-minded liberalism, limited in scope, was the best that man could hope for politically. Starting with writing speeches for Adlai Stevenson in both of his presidential campaigns, Schlesinger was a player in big-time Democratic politics. On Jan. 9, 1961, a gray, chilly, afternoon, President-elect Kennedy dropped by Schlesinger's house on Irving Street in Cambridge. He asked the professor to be a special... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Not Just Camelot's Historian: Mar 2, 2007
Schlesinger favored liberal realism over left-wing utopianism because the latter philosophy posited the existence of a future free from struggle, whereas Schlesinger, deeply influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr, subscribed to a secularized idea of original sin that considered human nature inherently flawed. (He joked that he and his fellow admirers of the midcentury theologian called themselves "Atheists for Niebuhr.") And from John Dewey he took the insight of democracy as a practice that won't ever... (Slate)
Committed to making a change: Retiring pastor's 'quiet leadership' praised Feb 17, 2007
Recommended read for young pastors: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic by Reinhold Niebuhr. As a college senior in the 1960s, Jim White expected he would graduate, join the Army and head to Vietnam. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Barack Obama, Candidate for President, is 'UCC' Feb 10, 2007
The Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr, a UCC minister considered to be one of greatest Christian theologians of the 20th century, authored the now-famous Serenity Prayer. Contact: The Rev. J. Bennett Guess, news director, 216-736-2177, 216-403-9862. (PR Newswire)
