Reinhold Niebuhr

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Christian ethicist Christian realist Protestant theologian human public intellectual theologian

Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual best known for his work on Christian realism and the authorship of the Serenity Prayer.

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Reinhold Niebuhr canonical 18
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr 1
Niebuhr 1

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instanceOf Christian ethicist ⓘ
Christian realist ⓘ
Protestant theologian ⓘ
human ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
authorOf Serenity Prayer ⓘ
awardReceived Gandhi Peace Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthName Reinhold Niebuhr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr
burialPlace Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-06-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-06-01 ⓘ
denomination Reformed tradition ⓘ
educatedAt Eden Theological Seminary ⓘ
Elmhurst University ⓘ
surface form: Elmhurst College

Yale Divinity School ⓘ
employer Union Theological Seminary ⓘ
surface form: Union Theological Seminary (New York City)
familyName Reinhold Niebuhr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Niebuhr
fieldOfWork Christian ethics ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
social ethics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
givenName Karl ⓘ
Paul ⓘ
influenced Barack Obama ⓘ
Hans Morgenthau ⓘ
John Courtney Murray ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Paul Ramsey ⓘ
influencedBy American pragmatism ⓘ
Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Karl Barth ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Evangelical and Reformed Church ⓘ
United Church of Christ ⓘ
militaryConflictView supported U.S. intervention in World War II ⓘ
notableIdea Christian realism ⓘ
critique of liberal optimism ⓘ
original sin as a social reality ⓘ
paradox of grace and judgment in history ⓘ
notableWork Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic ⓘ
Moral Man and Immoral Society ⓘ
The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness ⓘ
The Irony of American History ⓘ
The Nature and Destiny of Man ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
ethicist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wright City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
politicalAlignment Christian socialism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
anti-fascism ⓘ
positionHeld editor of Christianity and Crisis ⓘ
president of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Ursula Keppel-Compton ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Union Theological Seminary → hasNotableFaculty → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Stanley Hauerwas → influencedBy → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Karl Barth (visiting) → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
subject surface form: Karl Barth
Kenneth N. Waltz → influencedBy → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Michael Walzer → influencedBy → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Cold War liberalism → associatedWithPerson → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Gifford Lectures → notableLecturer → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Paul Tillich → hasInfluenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Reinhold Niebuhr → familyName → Reinhold Niebuhr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr → birthName → Reinhold Niebuhr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Barth → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Works of Love → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
The Sickness Unto Death → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
With the Grain of the Universe → subject → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
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With the Grain of the Universe → influencedBy → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
Ernst Troeltsch → influenced → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
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Paul Ramsey → influencedBy → Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ