On Niebuhr: A Theological Study

Reinhold Niebuhr, the author of Faith and History and other seminal works, may come to be regarded as the most important American theologian of the 20th century. In On Niebuhr: A Theological Study, fellow theologian Langdon Gilkey dissects the interplay of Niebuhr's theology and his political theories, as informed by the Depression and World War II. Gilkey argues that for Niebuhr, everything sprang from theology; politics and ethics were not separate from it. This is a serious and challenging book and a worthy read.