The Christian Realists Reassessing the Contributions of Niebuhr and his Contemporaries

by Patterson, Eric; Toulouse, Mark G.; Thorp, Malcolm R.; Young, Daniel; McCreary, David; Hooper, Leon, S.J.; Shinn, Roger L.; Epp, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780761826200
• ISBN10: 0761826203
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-26
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The Christian Realists investigates the contributions to practical and theoretical politics by a variety of mid-twentieth century thinkers such as Reinhold Niebuhr, John Foster Dulles, and Herbert Butterfield. In a period of international conflict and uncertainty caused by the rise of Nazism and Communism and the advent of nuclear weapons, these individuals argued for a Christian and a realistic approach to social and political problems.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Preface	ix
Niebuhr and His Contemporaries: Introduction to Christian Realism	1	(24)
Eric Patterson
Niebuhr and His Critics: Realistic Optimism in World Politics	25	(28)
Eric Patterson
The Prophetic Realism of John Foster Dulles, 1937-1945	53	(28)
Mark G. Toulouse
Herbert Butterfield and the Limits of Christian Realism	81	(22)
Malcolm R. Thorp
Martin Wight: Politics in the Era of Leviathan	103	(34)
Daniel Young
John Coleman Bennett in Contemporary Context	137	(22)
David McCreary
Cups Half Full: John Courtney Murray's Skirmishes with Christian Realism	159	(18)
Leon Hooper
Christian Realism in a Pluralistic Society: Interactions between Niebuhr and Morgenthau, Kennan, and Schlesinger	177	(22)
Roger L. Shinn
The Ironies of Christian Realism: The End of an Augustinian Tradition in International Politics	199	(34)
Roger Epp
Select Bibliography	233	(4)
About the Contributors	237