David Brooks and E.J. Dionne — Obama's Theologian: Reinhold Niebuhr and the American Present
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Role of Religious Language in the Politics of Democracy
David Frum: Niebuhr would have been very skeptical of a kind of therapeutic faith. He says theologically hard argument can be respectful and mindful of importance of toleration of differences about religion, still be quite serious. "Nieber did not know how to mobilize people," he adds.
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