The Irony of American History

Name: The Irony of American History
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr

by Reinhold Niebuhr

Theological interpretation of American history's paradoxes and self-deceptions

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Reinhold Niebuhr

American theologian and public intellectual who applied Christian realism to politics and ethics. The Nature and Destiny of Man is his major theological work; The Irony of American History is his finest political writing. He influenced Cold War liberalism and was Obama's favorite philosopher.

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