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H. Richard Niebuhr
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After their famous clash over the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1932, Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr resolved never to criticize one another in such a direct and public way again. Nevertheless, a side-by-side reading of their major works reveals significant engagement with one another’s writings throughout their careers. This chapter compares: Reinhold’s political realism with Richard’s theocentric perfectionism; Reinhold’s liberalism with Richard’s communitarianism; Reinhold’s emphasis on human sin with Richard’s focus on divine goodness; Reinhold’s portrait of love as self-sacrifice with Richard’s insistence on love as self-giving; and Reinhold’s defence of Christian symbols with Richard’s eventual call for a resymbolization of Christianity. The chapter underscores how their ongoing debates over the role of religion in society remain strikingly relevant for theology, ethics, and politics today.
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Abstract
After their famous clash over the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1932, Reinhold and H.
Richard Niebuhr resolved never to criticize one another in such a direct and public way again.
Nevertheless, a side-by-side reading of their major works reveals significant engagement with one another’s writings throughout their careers.
This chapter compares: Reinhold’s political realism with Richard’s theocentric perfectionism; Reinhold’s liberalism with Richard’s communitarianism; Reinhold’s emphasis on human sin with Richard’s focus on divine goodness; Reinhold’s portrait of love as self-sacrifice with Richard’s insistence on love as self-giving; and Reinhold’s defence of Christian symbols with Richard’s eventual call for a resymbolization of Christianity.
The chapter underscores how their ongoing debates over the role of religion in society remain strikingly relevant for theology, ethics, and politics today.
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