The Promise of Reinhold Niebuhr

This book is an introduction to the life and thought of one of the giants of twentieth century theology. Gabriel Fackre stresses the "theologicla Niebuhr," focusing on how he relates hope to realism, responding to the criticism of Niebuhr by earlier theologians of revolution, and in this updated edition, taking up the Niebuhr dialogue with feminists, pluralists, neopacifists, and neoconservatives. Contents: Foreword to the First Edition by Martin Marty; Foreword to the Revised Edition; A Pilgrim on the Way; Theological Roots; Political Shoots; Realism and Vision; Niebuhrian Counsels and Correctives; Promises Fulfilled: the 1990; Notes; A Selected Bibliography of Works by Reinhold Niebuhr; Other Books by Gabriel Fackre.