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Reinhold Niebuhr (born June 21, , Wright City, Missouri, U.S.—died June 1, , Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was an American Protestant theologian who had extensive influence on political thought and whose criticism of the prevailing theological liberalism of the s significantly affected the intellectual climate within American Protestantism.

Title, Reinhold Niebuhr: A Biography ; Author, Richard Wightman Fox ; Edition, illustrated ; Publisher, Pantheon Books, 1985 ; Original from, the University of.

Reinhold Niebuhr (–) was an inner-city pastor, ethics professor, and author of the famous Serenity Prayer. Time magazine's 25th anniversary issue in March featured Niebuhr on its cover, and Time later eulogized him as "the greatest Protestant theologian in America since Jonathan Edwards." Cited as an influence by public figures.

Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr · The Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr · The Nature and Destiny of Man.

Theologian and activist Reinhold Niebuhr () attacked utopian idealism as dangerously inappropriate in foreign policy and called on Americans to understand the tragic necessity of using violence in pursuit of international justice. He had a greater influence on the American approach to the world in mid-twentieth century than any other philosopher. Here is an intellectual biography.