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Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a Protestant theologian best known for his study of the task of relating the Christian faith to the reality of modern politics and diplomacy.

Niebuhr was born in Wright City, Missouri, USA, and was the brother of Helmut Richard Niebuhr. He was educated at Yale University's school of divinity, and went to do evangelical work in Detroit.

Works

• Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics (1932) ISBN 0664224741
• The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941)
• Faith and History (1949)
• The Irony of American History (1952)

Niebuhr is often credited with authorship of the Serenity Prayer used by Alcoholics Anonymous. On this he said: "Of course, it may have been spooking around for years, even centuries, but I don't think so. I honestly do believe that I wrote it myself."

While teaching theology at Union Theological Seminary Niebuhr influenced Dietrich Bonhoeffer of the anti-nazi Confessing Church.

External Link

• Reinhold Niebuhr
• Reinhold Niebuhr quotes and quotations - BrainyQuote

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