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FAITH AND POLITICS

Name: FAITH AND POLITICS
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
ISBN: 0807604593

A COMMENTARY ON RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE.

by Reinhold Niebuhr & edited by Ronald H. Stone ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1968

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Niebuhr is one of today's very few truly "ecumenical" theologians in the sense that he is one of the not more than three or four, whose thoughts and opinions carry considerable weight among the thinkers of every major western denomination. This collection of essays on "religious, social and political thought in a technological age," though they contain nothing new (dating as they do from 1930 to early 1968), do go far toward explaining how the author has attained his present stature. They represent a humanistic, as well as a theological, diversity that is as astounding as it is sophisticated, ranging from essays on faith, the spiritual life, the ecumenical movement and ethics, to intriguing pieces on "American hegemony and the prospects for peace" in Vietnam, and on "Johnson and the myths of democracy." As a collection, Faith and Politics finds its unity as much in the author's consistency of principle as in the fact that the individual pieces all attempt to define the relevance of Christianity to modern political and ethical issues. And, of course, as a collection the hook will inevitably be regarded as a minor work — insofar as anything of Niebuhr's can be regarded as "minor." But that is not a material consideration.

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 1968

ISBN: 0807604593

Page Count: -

Publisher: Braziller

Review Posted Online: May 22, 2012

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1968

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE DEMOCRATIC EXPERIENCE
by Reinhold Niebuhr

- BOOK REVIEW
A NATION SO CONCEIVED
by Reinhold Niebuhr Alan Heimert

- BOOK REVIEW
THE STRUCTURE OF NATIONS AND EMPIRES
by Reinhold Niebuhr

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; adapted by Natalie Andrewson ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson

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THE NUTCRACKER
by E.T.A. Hoffmann & illustrated by Julie Paschkis

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.