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- adjective Of or relating to Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971),
American theologian ,ethicist , andpolitical commentator .
Etymologies
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After reading Elie’s article, those not yet versed in Niebuhrian thought will find it hard not to notice references to him everywhere.
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After reading Elie’s article, those not yet versed in Niebuhrian thought will find it hard not to notice references to him everywhere.
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After reading Elie’s article, those not yet versed in Niebuhrian thought will find it hard not to notice references to him everywhere.
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After reading Elie’s article, those not yet versed in Niebuhrian thought will find it hard not to notice references to him everywhere.
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Obama, on the other hand, cloaked himself in what you might call Niebuhrian modesty.
ModerateVoters.org 2009
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Obama, on the other hand, cloaked himself in what you might call Niebuhrian modesty.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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Since then, Hauerwas has been what might be called a Niebuhrian inside-out, laying the problems of American Protestantism at Niebuhr’s feet.
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Since then, Hauerwas has been what might be called a Niebuhrian inside-out, laying the problems of American Protestantism at Niebuhr’s feet.
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The column went on to describe Mr. Obama's campaign as "an attempt to thread the Niebuhrian needle."
They Once Loved Jimmy, Too William McGurn 2011
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I have hundreds of other historical examples where the facts don't support the conservative arguments or the choice was Niebuhrian: between the "immoral" and the "less immoral."
Joseph A. Palermo: Glenn Beck Riffs on my HuffPost Article 2010
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