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Why Niebuhr Now? (Paperback)
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Why Niebuhr Now? (Paperback)
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Barack Obama has called him "one of my favorite philosophers." John
McCain wrote that he is "a paragon of clarity about the costs of a
good war." Andrew Sullivan has said, "We need Niebuhr now more than
ever." For a theologian who died in 1971, Reinhold Niebuhr is
maintaining a remarkably high profile in the twenty-first century.
In "Why Niebuhr Now?" acclaimed historian John Patrick Diggins
tackles the complicated question of why, at a time of great
uncertainty about America's proper role in the world, leading
politicians and thinkers are turning to Niebuhr for answers.
Diggins begins by clearly and carefully working through Niebuhr's
theology, which focuses less on God's presence than his absence -
and the ways that absence abets the all-too-human sin of pride. He
then shows how that theology informed Niebuhr's worldview, leading
him to be at the same time a strong opponent of fascism and
communism and a leading advocate for humility and caution in
foreign policy. Turning to the present, Diggins highlights what he
argues is a misuse of Niebuhr's legacy on both the right and the
left: while neoconservatives distort Niebuhr's arguments to support
their call for an endless war on terror in the name of stopping
evil, many liberal interventionists conveniently ignore Niebuhr's
fundamental doubts about power. Ultimately, Niebuhr's greatest
lesson is that, while it is our duty to struggle for good, we must
be wary of hubris and acknowledge the limits of our understanding.
The final work from a distinguished writer who spent his entire
career reflecting on America's history and promise, "Why Niebuhr
Now?" is a compact and perceptive book that will be the starting
point for all future discussions of Niebuhr.
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