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Written during the prolonged world war between totalitarian and democratic forces, this book takes up the question of how democracy as a political system can best be defended.

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"I love him. He's one of my favorite philosophers." (President Barack Obama) "Dr. Niebuhr is in our time one of the ablest spokesmen among theologians. And he brings to his chosen task rare gifts and wide-ranging interests." (New Republic) "[A] clear and impressive statement of [Niebuhr's] views on fundamental political and social problems." (Spectator) "[A] brilliant and creative vindication of democracy... a theology of Western culture which remains intellectually unsurpassed." (Larry Rasmussen in Reinhold Niebuhr: Theologian of Public Life)"

Paris Primitive Jacques Chiracs Museum on the

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    A Paperback / softback by Reinhold Niebuhr, Gary Dorrien

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 September 2011
      ISBN-13 9780226584003
      978-0226584003
      ISBN-10 0226584003
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      History Democracy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written during the prolonged world war between totalitarian and democratic forces, this book takes up the question of how democracy as a political system can best be defended.

      Trade Review
      "I love him. He's one of my favorite philosophers." (President Barack Obama) "Dr. Niebuhr is in our time one of the ablest spokesmen among theologians. And he brings to his chosen task rare gifts and wide-ranging interests." (New Republic) "[A] clear and impressive statement of [Niebuhr's] views on fundamental political and social problems." (Spectator) "[A] brilliant and creative vindication of democracy... a theology of Western culture which remains intellectually unsurpassed." (Larry Rasmussen in Reinhold Niebuhr: Theologian of Public Life)"

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