Reinhold Niebuhr

Comer Vann Woodward studied wrote about the American South and race relations. He was born in 1908 in eastern, rural Arkansas. When he first enrolled into higher education he went to Henderson-Brown College. However, he transferred to Emory University and graduated. After Woodward graduated, he was an English professor at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Teach). In 1931, he continued his education with graduate school at Columbiana University. There he received a Master of Arts. In 1947,

A young male, First Lieutenant, in the Army will unknowingly become a man as men server under him. Becoming a man with such unspeakable responsibilities at such a young age can emotionally test even the strongest man. An example, of this transformation is in the short story by Tim O’Brien called, The Things They Carried, it shows a young, First Lieutenant, in the Vietnam War named Jimmy Cross, and his journey to become a successful leader, but only after the death of one of his men. This young, First

(O’Connor). This statement is encouraging to all believers in God, knowing that it is coming from a fellow Catholic like Flannery O’Connor. O’Connor is associated with the Christian Realism movement, which is a logical view developed by a theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, who argued that the Kingdom of God cannot be realized on earth because of the naturally corrupt trends of society (“Flannery O’Connor”). This movement began in the late 1940’s and along with it came a belief that presents a depiction from Christ

I'm Jacob Gonzalez. I was raised by a Black and Mexican immigrant community in Phoenix, Arizona. That place, South Phoenix, is struggling to survive decades of racist zoning ordinances and school funding schemes. My family is like any other in South Phoenix. My dad's a garbage truck driver. My mom's a Spanish-language call center rep. Neither went to college. Yet I went to Stanford and, in fact, excelled there, graduating in the top 15 percent of my class. I’ve been very lucky, but most Americans

studies at Boston University where in 1955 he received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Systematic Theology. While studying in Crozer, Dr. King’s attention was drawn to the works of the Protestant theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr and his book The Nature and Destiny of Man. About which Dr. King commented, "Niebuhr helped me to recognize the complexity of man's social involvement and the glowing reality of collective evil" (Blakely, 2001). Dr. King found inspiration in many philosophers that included Plato, Aristotle

published in pamphlet form for the FOR, the American Friends Service Committee, and the American Baptist Convention" (King, 195). "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" appeals to young and old, rich and poor, black and white, by citing authorities such as Reinhold Niebuhr and Saint Augustine, by telling stories, with sensitive

In Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God , Marilyn McCord Adams uses another kind of defense for theism. In this reading Adams argues that the problem of evil has been directed at theism in general, which in this case has caused readers on either side of the debate to miss how important and how unique Christianity is to the problem of horrendous evils on this view. She argues that Christianity has a variety of unique tools that can meet the problem of evil more effectively when not abstracted

Being on the outside of addiction We’ve all heard of addicts but what really qualifies an individual as an addict? Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.” (Dictionary.com, 2002) Last Monday, I had the opportunity to observe an open Alcoholics Anonymous session at Calvary Chapel in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Upon

We’ve all heard of addicts but what really qualifies an individual as an addict? Addiction is defined as “the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.” (Dictionary.com, 2002) Last Monday, I had the opportunity to observe an open Alcoholics Anonymous session at Calvary Chapel in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Upon arrival, there were two people already there. One

How did Religion Influence Martin Luther King, Jr as he led the Civil Rights Movement What do you consider a leader? Is it someone who can lead a group of people with no trouble or is it simply someone with exquisite thinking skills? There is not an accurate definition explaining who or what a leader is because each is different. I feel that Martin Luther King Jr is a great example because he has the ability to inspire people, which led to a movement that forever changed America. This paper goes