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" Why Niebuhr matters / "
Charles Lemert
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BL
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596838
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b426057
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| Main Entry
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Lemert, Charles C.,1937-
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Why Niebuhr matters /\ Charles Lemert
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press logo,, c2011
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xvi, 252 p. ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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9780300175424 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0300175426 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-235) and index
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| Contents
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Why Niebuhr? -- Reinhold Niebuhr: tamed cynic -- Evangelical preacher: wheat and tares -- Powers, pulpits, and politics: moral man and immoral society -- Sin, self, and society: nature and destiny of man -- Nations, global politics, and religion: irony and American history -- Political recovery and globalization: knowing the difference
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"A leading social theorist analyzes how and why a revival of interest in Niebuhr has taken place, ultimately arguing for his political and moral relevance today"--Jacket
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| Subject
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Niebuhr, Reinhold,1892-1971
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BX4827.N5L46 2011
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