Love Thy Niebuhr

Interview with Dr. Josefin Graef

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.

Interview with Shaun Casey

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. 

Interview with Dr. Scott Paeth

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

Interview with Mark Tooley

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

Interview with Gordon Mehler

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.

Beyond Tragedy Chapter 13

"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.

Beyond Tragedy Chapter 12

"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.

Beyond Tragedy Chapter 11

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.

Beyond Tragedy Chapter 10

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.

Beyond Tragedy Chapter 9

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.