The Spirit of the Law in the Thought of Reinhold Niebuhr

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) possessed wide-ranging interests and a unique penchant for intellectual synthesis which understandably commended him to a far broader audience than is normally accorded theologians in this desacralized age. Niebuhr's orientation was theology and politics, and by his...

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Main Author: Rice, Daniel F. 1935- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1986
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 1986, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-291
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