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Was Reinhold Niebuhr Wrong about Socialism?
Abstract
“Was Reinhold Niebuhr Wrong About Socialism?” requires attention to
several other questions: Was Niebuhr right about capitalism? Which socialism
and which capitalism, when? And how do we properly assess Niebuhr
on socialism well after convulsive economic changes he did not live to see?
This paper gives special attention to Christian socialisms before and during
Niebuhr’s time, as well as the strong influence of Ernst Troeltsch in his
response to these. The concluding section speculates about Niebuhr’s possible
stance toward the triumph of global capitalism.
several other questions: Was Niebuhr right about capitalism? Which socialism
and which capitalism, when? And how do we properly assess Niebuhr
on socialism well after convulsive economic changes he did not live to see?
This paper gives special attention to Christian socialisms before and during
Niebuhr’s time, as well as the strong influence of Ernst Troeltsch in his
response to these. The concluding section speculates about Niebuhr’s possible
stance toward the triumph of global capitalism.