Reinhold Niebuhr
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a Protestant theologian best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the reality of modern politics and diplomacy.
Niebuhr was born in Wright City, Missouri, USA, and was the brother of Helmut Richard Niebuhr. He was educated at Yale University's school of divinity, and went to do evangelical work in Detroit.
Works
- Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics (1932) ISBN 0664224741
- Beyond Tragedy: Essays on the Christian Interpretation of Tragedy (1937) ASIN 0684718537
- The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941) ISBN 0664257097
- Faith and History (1949) ASIN 0684153181
- The Irony of American History (1952) ASIN 0684151227
- Christian Realism and Political Problems (1953) ASIN 0678027579
- Pious and Secular America (1958) ASIN 0678027560
- The Structure of Nations and Empires (1959) ISBN 0678027552
- The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1974) ASIN 0023875305
- The Self and the Dramas of History ASIN B00005WST3
Niebuhr is often credited with authorship of the Serenity Prayer used by Alcoholics Anonymous. On this he said: "Of course, it may have been spooking around for years, even centuries, but I don't think so. I honestly do believe that I wrote it myself."
While teaching theology at Union Theological Seminary Niebuhr influenced Dietrich Bonhoeffer of the anti-Nazi Confessing Church.
