Theology, history, and culture : major unpublished writings / H. Richard Niebuhr ; edited by William Stacy Johnson ; foreword by Richard R. Niebuhr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962.

Contributor:

Johnson, William Stacy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 236 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]

Summary:

This book brings together the best of the unpublished works of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of this century.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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300063709

OCLC:

32664834