Leaves From the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
Diary
By: Reinhold Niebuhr
Date: 1929
Source: Niebuhr, Reinhold. Leaves From the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic. 1929. Reprint, San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1980, 14–16.
About the Author: Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), an Evangelical Synod minister and theologian, was born in Wright City, Missouri. Niebuhr served as a pastor for thirteen years in Detroit and then taught social ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was the author of numerous books, including Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932) and the two-volume The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation (1941–1943).
Introduction
Reinhold Niebuhr served as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit from 1915 to 1928, during which time he learned much about human nature. These experiences were published in his diary Leaves From the Notebook of a...
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