The theological vision of Reinhold Niebuhr's The irony of American history
Subtitle: "In the battle and above it"
By: Scott R. Erwin
Edition: First edition.
Series: Oxford theology and religion monographs; Oxford theology and religion monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780199678372
Subjects: Cold War; Diplomatic relations; Politische Theologie; Politik; Christianity and politics; Foreign relations
Description: Reinhold Niebuhr remains a reference point in an ongoing national conversation about America's role in the world. Commentators with divergent political and religious views draw upon his 1951 work, 'The Irony of American History'. In this book Scott R. Erwin brings an appreciation of Niebuhr's theological vision to aid understanding of Irony.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: From tragedy to beyond tragedy: the development of Niebuhr's Christian understanding of history; title: "In the battle and above it": Niebuhr's Nature and Destiny of Man and World War II; title: Discerning the Signs of the Times: the relevance of Niebuhr's theological vision to the Cold War; title: The irony of The Irony of American History.