Reinhold Niebuhr: The Ideal Christian Realist

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“There does exist a general definition of his Christian realism. It’s a political theory based on three Christian ideas: that we are basically sinful, that we are free because made in the image of God, and that we are called to love God and our neighbor.” - Acton

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James Comey: The fall of a Niebuhrian

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“As Comey came under the microscope of national attention, we learned that he had written his undergraduate thesis on [Reinhold] Niebuhr.” RNS

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