Reinhold Niebuhr

events where international security, peace, and justice are sacrificed for national benefits, as, for example, seen in the United States’ nonintervention policy, which prioritizes national sovereignty. In his book Moral Man and Immoral Society, Reinhold Niebuhr indicated that each nation-state had a “collective egoism” that was beyond moral or rational explanation. Although the book was published in 1932, well before any realization of human rights protection law or organization, Niebuhr’s message remains

Central to Christian theology and ethics are conversations surrounding pragmatism and idealism, moderation and extremism, and universal vs particular experience and principles. Reinhold Niebuhr and James Cone are both influential figures whose work has left a lasting impact on Christian thought and social discourse. Both theologians navigate these methodological differences through their distinct theologies. Niebuhr’s Christian realism, shaped by his engagement with theology and keen insights into

hr and Martin Luther King were seekers of justice and embraced liberal protestant outlooks early on. The similarities in their theology, while not surprising as King derived much of his material from Niebuhr, proved to be uncanny in that they both concerned themselves with how the church should operate within society, the way love should be implemented in the ethics of individuals, and social change brought forth by nonviolence. Niebuhr’s quest for justice was in result to the horrific events he

After the First and Second World War the WCC felt they were responsible to bring back the social ethics and world politics back to a Christian point of view. Oldham and Niebuhr both lead the charge to help create a world in which based its values and beliefs off a Christian perspective. The ecumenical movement moved away from talking about a “Christian civilization” and a developing a Christian political party, but the felt responsible to bring back the mass society to realize they are the sons of

What if you were given a chance to start over and do things differently? To make up for your mistakes, right your wrongs? This idea is featured as a theme in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”, published in the 1953 Spring issue of The Kenyon Review (Kenyon College). The story is about a homeless man by the name of “Shiftlet” who approaches an isolated, run-down farm where “Mrs.Crater” and her mentally retarded daughter “Lucynell” lives. Crater offers Shiftlet a home

According to the critics our charitable giving is often inefficient and they also questions the ethnicity of the money raised by the charitable organisations. They point out that charities may not make best use of their funds. Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr, in his book (Moral Man and Immoral Society, 1932) writes that he thought that “a powerful person's donation to charity was a display of his power and an expression of his pity.” Thus, the critics of charity says that, every so-called charity

Christian Realist. The philosopher and father of the Christian Realist position, Reinhold Niebuhr, argues that Augustine’s City of God lays the foundation for the Christian realist thought. It is in this work that Augustine presents a realistic view of humankind that was in contrast with the classical view of the human being. The latter’s view idealized human’s unlimited potential because of their ability to reason. Niebuhr argues that “this difference in the viewpoints of Augustine and the classical

meetings made me realize that not every has the courage to change, which was evident as some of the patients did not seem to care. In the Serenity Prayer once written by Reinhold Niebuhr, it is stated “God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference…” (Niebuhr, R. Serenity Prayer, beliefnet.com). This statement is has huge meaning to everyone that reads it because everyone has gone through something in their life that they

“Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan is an example of powerful family love that helps to overcome obstacles. According to Reinhold Niebuhr, “family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.” Therefore, a family is a large organism that needs to be nourished and maintained. “Mother Tongue” is a sentimental and emotional story about a great writer Amy Tan and her lovely mother who struggles from imperfect knowledge of the

Serenity Prayer for my Family The famous Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr reads, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” I chose this quote to start off my essay about self-discovery, after brainstorming and writing half an essay I came to a major writer’s block while trying to cope with a family upset this week. My sister delivered her baby at 26 weeks, facing a long road ahead of them. Our