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Wow! Niebuhr is one of my favorites (and heroes) and Lemert's assessment of him is both respectful and revealing ... and so well written! So far, 90% of it is great - the section on how preaching in the Protestant tradition is an impossible task to accomplish authentically is a bit perplexing and thus in virtually complete contrast to what precedes and follows it - so read this book and appreciate Niebuhr anew....

Wow! Niebuhr is one of my favorites (and heroes) and Lemert's assessment of his is both respectful and revealing ... and so well written! So far, 90% of it is great - the section on how preaching in the Protestant tradition is an impossible task to accomplish authentically is a bit perplexing and thus in virtually complete contrast to what precedes and follows it - so read this book and appreciate Niebuhr anew....