Reinhold Niebuhr
All Pride Contains a Hint of Malice
Another heartening excerpt from David Brooks’ new work The Second Mountain. Here the Times columnist […]
Another Week Ends: Reddit Confessionals, Influencing Nick Cave, De …
1. Last week I mentioned a recent study exploring the physical impact of keeping secrets, […]
The Cruelty of Righteous People
Long, lovely quote from Reinhold Niebuhr’s An Interpretation of Christian Ethics (pp. 138-1390): ============== There […]
From Reinhold Niebuhr’s Introduction to Christian Ethics
A quick one from Obama’s favorite theologian (ht MS): The moral effectiveness of the religious […]
Reinhold Niebuhr on Obama, the Recession, and Creative Despair
[Ed. note: Be sure to read the comments for the, um, commentary.] “[T]he course of […]
Another Week Ends: Dylan, Niebuhr, Star Trek, Stanley Fish and Gre …
1. Bob Dylan’s new record, Together Through Life, has left me a bit cold, which […]