Obama's Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr

on the topic, entitled “Obama's Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr.”11 Particularly in the wake of his Nobel. Prize speech, commentators ...

Drones, Mr. Niebuhr, And President Obama | Dr. James Wellman

From many perspectives, Obama makes a careful moral and theological justification for what he has done in the name of the United State as our ...

Whither the Niebuhrians? Why Niebuhr has Fallen Upon Hard Times

... favorite theologian of Obama. So where have the Niebuhrians gone? A ... Photo Credit: Reinhold Niebuhr, Union Theological Seminary Archives.

Five “Simple Ideas, Small Miracles”: The Obama Phenomenon

The chapter also discusses Obama's deep pragmatism and his ability to strike a balance between the theological reference and a resolute, relentless realism.

Dialectic in the Politics and Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr: A Critique

“Obama's Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr.” The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Transcript (May 4, 2009). Pew Research Center ...

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... Obama's Favorite Theologian? A. Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr.” Given this recent interest, a study of the influence Niebuhr's ideas had on American.

God-Fearing and Free - Christianity Today

Barack Obama, as quoted in a widely cited New York Times column by David Brooks, called Reinhold Niebuhr one of his “favorite philosophers.

Trump's biggest conservative opponents all love the same theologian

Niebuhr has long been a beloved intellectual of the Washington political crowd, especially among progressives such as Barack Obama, Hillary ...

Five Things You Should Know About Reinhold Niebuhr

Ten years ago, TheAtlantic declared “Everybody Loves Reinhold”; last month, Religion & Politics called him “Washington's Favorite Theologian.” ...

Rev. Gary Dorrien, MDiv `78, MA, ThM, PhD, DLitt, DD, LHD, DD, DD

Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics. A middle-aged man with short ... Gary Dorrien teaches social ethics, theology, and philosophy of religion as the ...

Obama, Grand Strategy and Reinhold Niebuhr - The Diplomat

... Reinhold Niebuhr. A Protestant theologian by trade, Niebuhr was influential on a wide range of issue but is perhaps best known for his ...

Hope Deferred | The Point Magazine

As a candidate for president, he explicitly embraced the foreign policy doctrine of the mid-century American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, ...

Faith Angle Forum: May 2009 - Ethics & Public Policy Center

... Obama's Favorite Theologian? A Short Course on Reinhold Niebuhr" - Dr. Francis S. Collins and Barbara Bradley Hagerty: “Religion & Science ...

JOSEPH HARTMAN: Why Reinhold Niebuhr Matters Today

Aaron: We are actually here today to talk about the 20th-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. ... One is that he was one of Barack Obama's ...

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Reinhold Niebuhr - Theologian, Philosopher, Activist | Britannica

Reinhold Niebuhr - Theologian, Philosopher, Activist: Niebuhr's enormous influence on political thought, both inside and outside the church, caused Hans J.

Colour-blind conservatism and public policy from Reinhold Niebuhr ...

Since the election of Obama, scholars and politicians have contributed to a 'Niebuhr industry' in American public policy commentary. To a ...

Elemental Obama - The University of Chicago Magazine

Had Obama read Niebuhr? Yes, in fact, Niebuhr was a philosopher he particularly cherished. Well, what did Niebuhr mean to him? “And then for the next ten or ...

How love orders: an engagement with disciplinary International ...

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Democracy and Sin: Doing Justice to Reinhold Niebuhr by Joseph E ...

Armed with this insight, Niebuhr believed, we become more aware of the possibilities and perils of political life and can establish a stronger foundation to our ...