Reinhold Niebuhr: Man of the Hour

Reinhold Niebuhr is Unseen Force in 2008 Elections

RNS' Benedicta Cipolla analyzes the increasing influence of Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr on Democrats in the upcoming presidential election, in this week's full text article, linked above.

Quote:

University of Virginia religious studies professor Charles Mathewes suggests Niebuhr "is the best theologian to think about things if you want to think about sin without being cynical." Mathewes said he sees in Obama "the complexity of the Niebuhrian outlook," but he also believes Hillary Clinton possesses "theological depth I think people don't pick up on."