Theology, History, and Culture: Major Unpublished Writings - Softcover

Niebuhr, H. Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300074379 ISBN 13: 9780300074376

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book brings together the best of the unpublished works of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of this century. The collection includes lectures, sermons, and essays, some of which Niebuhr delivered at major universities to general audiences, and others that he prepared for circulation and discussion among colleagues at Yale and elsewhere. Contemporaneous events, religious figures, important issues in theology, and interpretations of American history and culture―all engaged Niebuhr's broad-ranging interest and revealed his concern with integrating theology and practical living.

For those approaching the author's work for the first time, this volume opens the way; for readers already familiar with his concerns, it invites a deeper understanding of his theology. The collection will enrich contemporary public theological discussion, adding Niebuhr's confessionally grounded yet publicly focused voice to the conversation. Richard R. Niebuhr contributes a Foreword in which he recollects his father and offers insights from private writings, and William Stacy Johnson's Introduction orients the reader to Niebuhr's life and work, locating his writings in appropriate theological and historical contexts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0300074379
• ISBN 13: 9780300074376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Johnson William Stacy