Theologians, ethicist, and political analyst, Reinhold Neiburh, was a towering figure of twentieth-century religious thought. In this important book, the best of Neiburh's essays have been brought together for the first time. Selected, edited, and introduced by Robert McAffee Brown - a student and friend of Nieburh's and himself a distinguished thoelogian - the works included here testify to the brilliant polemics, incisive analysis, and deep faith that characterized the whole of Neibuhr's life.

"To return to these penetrating reflections is to be reminded yet again of the intellectual void-still today unfilled-left by Reinhold Niebuhr's passing."-Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University (on the new edition) -- Andrew J. Bacevich