Essays Tagged: "Reinhold Niebuhr"

Religion In amercia by Jonathan Edward

Niebuhr thesis is being that group relations can never be as ethical as those, which characterize in ... later theological works, especially The Nature and Destiny of Man.In Moral Man and Immoral Society, Niebuhr truly broke with this "social gospel" outlook, insisting that power is the principal ingredi ... ingredient in arbitrating the competing claims of nations, races, and social classes. According to Niebuhr, conflict and tension are permanent features of history. While social improvement is possibl ...

(3 pages) 48 1 2.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

UN reform based on maintainter's viewpoint: Machiavelli, Niebuhr, Morgenthau and Mearsheimer's central ideas.

s in mind, we shall explain what our principles are. Basically realists such as Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr believed that states are like human beings that have natural tendencies to dominate ... emocracy and aristocracy, and against, tyranny, oligarchy, and anarchy.The second representative is Reinhold Niebuhr. He is the crucial contributor to the modern just war theory. Niebhur underwent the ...

(8 pages) 50 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Niehbuhr And Cone

t separate the ancient Hebrew prophets, Amos and Hosea, from the 20th century American theologians, Reinhold Neihbuhr and James Cone, their concerns for social justice have some similarities in today' ... n who left their imprint on that far distant past), we know almost everything we need to know about Reinhold Niebuhr in his evolution as a theologian who was concerned with social justice. He is in di ...

(4 pages) 7 0 0.0 Jun/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Summary and Review of Rheinhol

complex resource in his full-scale biography about America's greatest twentieth-century theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr. Although sometimes over-indulging the reader with somewhat trivial facts, the mate ... life of this religious thinker, political organizer, preacher, and famed teacher. Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was born in Wright City, Missouri, on June 21, 1892. He was the son of a pastor in ...

(3 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Human Nature: Philosophically and Fundamentally

ind." It doesn't really make sense to talk about it as intrinsic good or intrinsic bad.[1: Niebuhr, Reinhold, and Cornel West. Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics. Second ed. ... er dignity and worth, and helps those people see the injustice in their society.Works CitedNiebuhr, Reinhold, and Cornel West. Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics. Second ed. ...

(9 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers