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Episode 17D - Reinhold Niebuhr: 10-Minute Profile
From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
English - December 12, 2022 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.44 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHistory Society & Culture history american history us history educational podcast boomers millennials cold war Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In our latest profile episode, we provide an overview of the life of pastor & public intellectual Reinhold Niebuhr, who was something we rarely see today - a clergyman who became an important figure on the political Left. Niebuhr led a Protestant church in Detroit, Michigan during the 1910s & 1920s. From his pulpit, he spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan and in favor of organized labor. During the 1940s & 1950s, Niebuhr moved away from pacifism & socialism and became a more mainstream Cold War liberal. He became one of the founders of the anti-Communist ADA organization and wrote books expressing a "Christian realist" view of foreign policy. With the arrival of the turbulent 1960s, Niebuhr reconsidered his support for US Cold War policies overseas; he spoke out in favor of the civil rights movement & against the Vietnam War until his death in 1971. In recent years, his writings have drawn a diverse group of admirers that include Barack Obama & James Comey.