So our session is really not about President Obama it’s about Reinhold Niebuhr. But we thought you wanted to know about him anyway.
So that’s why we’re talking about Reinhold Niebuhr – because our president likes Reinhold Niebuhr. And then David did a column on Niebuhr and then we got an excuse to do Niebuhr. (Laughter.)Īnd Obama went on for 25 minutes about his admiration for Reinhold Niebuhr. And David said, “Well, what do you think of Reinhold Niebuhr?” That just followed. But then David had an interview with Barack Obama and toward the end of the interview something wasn’t clicking. We used to say we think you all should know about Niebuhr. Dionne and David Brooks, for three or four years, have been saying we must do a session on Reinhold Niebuhr.
MICHAEL CROMARTIE: For our session this afternoon, you may be wondering: “Why Reinhold Niebuhr?” And here’s the answer: E.J. Niebuhrian Rhetoric in Presidential SpeechesĪ Niebuhrian Vision for the Faith-Based Initiative? The Influence of the Holocaust on Niebuhr’s Thought and Work Niebuhr’s Reputation in Academia Niebuhr vs. What Does Niebuhr Say About Christians Acting in the World? Jimmy Carter’s Use of Niebuhr in Political Speeches Niebuhr as Critic and Activist Obama’s Sojourners Speech Niebuhr’s Impact on Other Liberal Intellectuals The Niebuhr Revival What Is a Niebuhrian? Niebuhr on America’s Role in World Affairs The Nature and Destiny of Man and Niebuhr’s View of History Niebuhr’s Unique Form of Progressive Christianity Niebuhr and the Decline of Public Theologians Moderator: Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics & Public Policy Center Senior Advisor, Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life Navigate this transcript: Obama Calls Niebuhr One of His Favorite Philosophers Dionne Jr., Columnist, The Washington Post Senior Advisor, Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life McClay, SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Dionne, columnist for The Washington Post, remarked on the recent revival of interest in Niebuhrian thought and spoke about the role Niebuhr played as a public intellectual active during the worldwide political upheavals of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. Wilfred McClay, a historian specializing in American intellectual history and author of The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America, which won the 1995 Merle Curti Award in intellectual history, offered an overview of Niebuhr’s unique form of progressive Christianity and addressed ongoing debates about the influence of Niebuhr’s work on 20th-century American politics and international affairs. Barack Obama spoke of his admiration for Reinhold Niebuhr in a 2007 interview with New York Times columnist David Brooks, there has been speculation about the extent to which the 20th-century theologian has influenced Obama’s views on faith, politics and social change. Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in May 2009 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life.Įver since then-Sen.
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