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  • Does Civilization Need Religion?
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Reinhold Niebuhr’s enduring work, 'Does civilization need religion?', presents a penetrating inquiry into one of humanity’s most fundamental questions. Subtitled 'A study in the social resources and limitations of religion in modern life,' this classic text explores the intricate relationship between faith, society, and the very structure of civilization itself. Niebuhr, a semi...
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  • An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Reinhold Niebuhr’s An Interpretation of Christian Ethics is both an introduction to the discipline and a presentation of the author’s distinctive approach. That approach focuses on a realistic (rather than moralistic) understanding of the challenges facing human individuals and institutions, and a call for justice-imperfect though it might be-as what love looks like in a fallen...
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    35,80 €

  • Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began his career as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, Michigan, where he served from 1915-1928. Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is Niebuhr’s account of the frustrations and joys he experienced during his years at Bethel. Addressed to young ministers, this book provides reflections and insights for those engaged in the...
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  • Moral Man and Immoral Society
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    One of the theological classics of the twentieth century, Niebuhr’s Moral Man and Immoral Society argues that using moral persuasion and shaming to affect the behavior of such collectives as corporations and nation states is fruitless, as these groups will inevitably seek to promote only their self-interest. He calls for a realistic assessment of group behavior and enumerates h...
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    37,29 €

  • Nature and Destiny of Man
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    2018 Reprint of 1941 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  Volume One: Human Nature.   A collection of theological lectures delivered by Niebuhr in 1939, The Nature and Destiny of Man tackles the Christian concept of human nature, the powerlessness of man, and Christianity’s impact on human history. Delivered just b...
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    21,32 €

  • An Interpretation of Christian Ethics
    Reinhold Niebuhr
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  • Man’s Nature and His Communities
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    This book centers on the major theme of Reinhold Niebuhr’s lifework, the nature of humanity and the political and social life. Idealistic and realistic social philosophies are reevaluated and tribalism is analyzed as a pervasive quality of humankind’s societies. A thinker who has always advanced by criticizing his own assumptions, Dr. Niebuhr continued to break new ground and t...
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    18,82 €

  • Moral Man and Immoral Society
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher, taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1928 to 1960. Prior to that, he was minister of Detroit’s Bethel Evangelical Church for thirteen years. Among his many books are ’Faith and History’, ’Pious and Secular America’, ’Beyond Tragedy’ and ’The Irony of American History’. ...
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    28,08 €

  • Does Civilization Need Religion?
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    Does Civilization Need Religion? sets out from the fact that religion’s inability to make its ethical and social resources available for the solution of the moral problems of modern civilization is one, and the neglected one, of the two chief causes responsible for its debilitated condition. It is convinced that if Christian idealists are to make religion socially effective th...
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    22,83 €

  • Leaves from the Note Book of a Tamed Cynic
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    A guide written for young ministers by renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr during his time as a pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit. Written as reflections and insights drawn from what he saw as the most challenging but infinitely rewarding calling of pastoral ministry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extre...
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    37,19 €

  • Faith and History - A Comparison of Christian and Modern Views of History
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    The theme of this volume was first presented as the Lyman Beecher Lectures On Preaching at the Yale Divinity School in 1945. Some of the same lectures were given, by arrangement, under the Warrack Lectureship On Preaching at the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen in Scotland in the winter of 1947. Some of the chapters were used as the basis of lectures given under the Olaf Pe...
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    40,41 €

  • Discerning the Signs of the Times - Sermons for Today and Tomorrow
    Reinhold Niebuhr
    This early work of theology is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains the writings of the twentieth century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and his thoughts on contemporary religion. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of religion. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to...
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    32,62 €

  • Moral Man and Immoral Society
    Reinhold Neibuhr / Reinhold Niebuhr
    Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was one of America’s foremost twentieth-century religious thinkers and social critics. As pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, he became deeply interested in social problems. He was Professor of Applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, remaining there until his retirement. Ultimately, he abandoned his liberal Protestant hopes f...
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    52,58 €