Summary and Review of Rheinhold Niebuhr A Biography

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Richard Fox compiles a very informative, but 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 material covered provides an in-depth portrayal of the 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 the Evangelical and Reformed Church, Gustav, who had immigrated to America in 1878 and then attended Eden Theological Seminary in Missouri, which was associated with the German Evangelical Synod of North America. Karl's father had a tremendous impact on his life. Daily, Gustav read from the Bible in Hebrew and Greek. His father considered himself an American and a liberal. Reinhold took hold of his father's liberal values and followed his example to Eden Seminary in 1912.

Niebuhr studied at Eden for a year and then entered Yale Divinity School, receiving both bachelor's and master's degrees within two years. In 1915, the mission board of his denomination sent him to Detroit as pastor where he served for 13 years. The congregation numbered 65

on his arrival and grew to nearly 700 when he left. In 1928, Niebuhr became Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Richard Fox, a distinguished historian, researcher, and professor of history and humanity at Reed College, views Reinhold Niebuhr as the most important twentieth century theologian. Fox has expressed significant interest in religion and culture in modern America, and uses Niebuhr as a focal point for those studies. Fox appears to educate and express himself extremely well and uses an innumerable amount of resources. Anyone interested in the life of Reinhold Niebuhr will find this biography to be a central, detailed source for almost all information. However, this book probably should be used only as a reference source, not as a weekend read except for historians or advanced theology students. The amount of material is sometimes overwhelming and difficult to remember. Re-reading is necessary with this work. In all, this biography is a well organized, definitive resource for detailed information about the life, practices, thoughts, and teachings of Reinhold Niebuhr.

Niebuhr thought that doctrines affirming the divinity and humanity of Jesus verge on contradiction in that they ascribe both conditioned and unconditioned qualities to him. Niebuhr

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