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David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Obama's Theologian: Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Reinhold Nieber and the American Present

David Brooks and E.J. Dion talk about the role of Reinhold Nieber in American history. They say his merger of intellect, faith and realism might be speaking to a new era of U.S. power. What should Obama channel from Nieber? "Nothing," they say; he did get the meaning of America wrong.

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