Love Thy Niebuhr

The hosts interview the man, the myth, the legend--the Godfather of Niebuhr Studies--Robin Lovin.  Conversation ranges from Langdon Gilkey to human nature to runaway cyborg monsters terrorizing Morningside Heights.

The hosts discuss Niebuhr's chapter, "Humour and Faith", from his work Discerning the Signs of the Times with Dr. Jon Weatherly.  

The hosts open the LTN October Interviews talking shop with international relations expert, Dr. Joseph Stieb, and discuss his article on Samuel Moyn’s recently published work on Cold War Liberalism.

The hosts interview Drs David True and Tom James on their chapter in the book, Paradoxical Virtue--a volume co-edited by David True.  The chapter is on virtue ethics and phronesis.

The LTN hosts interview Kevin Carnahan, discuss his book, Paradoxical Virtue, and apply Niebuhr to Virtue Ethics in the context of Justice.

The hosts interview Dr. Stanley Hauerwas and Dr. Gary Dorrien about Christianity in the public square, Barth/Niebuhr stuff, and more. 

The hosts chat with foreign policy expert, Dr. Andrew Bacevich, about The Irony of American History, lessons we're still learning from it today, and more general conversations about Ukraine, Taiwan, and current U.S. illusions.

In this episode, the hosts interview Niebuhr scholar and Harvard Div lecturer on her forthcoming book, which reveals newly unearthed correspondences between the Niebuhr brothers that have immediate implications on how we understand both.

The hosts welcome on another guest co-host, Dr. Jeremy Sabella, to explore with them the final chapter of Niebuhr's 1937 book, Beyond Tragedy.  Chapter title: "The Fulfillment of Life."

The hosts are joined by special guest co-host, Matt Andersen, to discuss the 14th chapter of Beyond Tragedy, The Kingdom Not of This World, which covers Jesus' dialogue with Pilate.

The hosts interview Dr. Josefin Graef on her upcoming project which explores an application of Niebuhr to right-wing extremism, race, and national collective memory.

The hosts--joined Eli Valentin--interview Shaun Casey about his new book, Chasing the Devil at Foggy Bottom, his time in Obama’s State Department under Secretary John Kerry, and the role religion plays in foreign policy and diplomacy. 

The hosts interview Dr. Scott Paeth on his book, The Niebuhr Brothers for Armchair Theologians.

The hosts interview Mark Tooley on his recent article involving police brutality and the Tyre Nichols murder.

Valentine's Day Special: The hosts interview prominent lawyer and columnist, Gordon Mehler, on his recent article which chronicles the unlikely friendship between Reinhold Niebuhr and Abraham Joshua Heschel.

"Two Parables About Judgment"   The hosts discuss Niebuhr's 13th chapter in Beyond Tragedy that tries to reconcile the parables of the Last Judgment and the Laborers in the Vineyard.

"Zeal Without Knowledge" The hosts discuss Niebuhr's 12th chapter in Beyond Tragedy, particularly the way it foreshadows the easy/uneasy conscience Niebuhr will address in Nature and Destiny of Man.

Chapter 11: The Things that Are and the Things That Are Not In this episode, the hosts discuss Niebuhr's evolving philosophy of time by way of his continuation through Paul's first chapter of I Corinthians.

The hosts discuss Niebuhr's 10th chapter in Beyond Tragedy, "The Transvaluation of Values", where Niebuhr addresses Nietzsche's critique of Christianity with Paul's first letter to the Corinthians.

The hosts discuss the 9th chapter of Beyond Tragedy, "The Suffering Servant and the Son of Man," and discuss how Christ's messianic claims should inform our politic.

The hosts meander through the maze of Niebuhr's 8th chapter in Beyond Tragedy, connecting the literary terms of tragedy and pity to Christian life.

The hosts look back on the month and list their highlights and regrets from each episode since the beginning of the October interviews, and conclude by taking turns answering one question: how would Niebuhr vote?

On this second episode of a double-episode Halloween special, the hosts critically reflect with Dr. Jon Weatherly on the second half of the book, "Christian Nationalism" by the Andrews Torba and Isker.

On this first episode of a double-episode Halloween special, the hosts critically reflect with Dr. Jeremy Sabella on the first half of the book, "Christian Nationalism" by the Andrews Torba and Isker.

In this episode, the hosts discus Niebuhr's final essay, 'The King's Chapel and the King's Court', which contrasts prophetic religion with power-friendly religion.  The episode concludes with an interview with Dr. Amos Yong.