Reinhold Niebuhr and contemporary politics : God and power / edited by Richard Harries and Stephen Platten.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-252) and index.

Introduction / Richard Harris -- Reinhold Niebuhr in historical perspective / Robin W. Lovin -- On recent political uses of Reinhold Niebuhr : toward a new appreciation of his legacy / Mac McCorkle -- Niebuhr's 'nature of man' and Christian realism / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Radical orthodoxy's critique of Niebuhr / Ben Quash -- The nature and destiny of serious theology / Samuel Wells -- Reinhold Niebuhr's 'outsider ecclesiology' / Wendy Dackson -- Niebuhr, liturgy, and public theology / Stephen Platten -- Falling far short : taking sin seriously / Martyn Percy -- Distinguishing hope from Utopian aspiration : revisiting Reinhold Niebuhr / Ian Markham -- Reinhold Niebuhr and the political possibility of forgiveness / Nigel Biggar -- What makes us think that God wants democracy? / Richard Harries -- Realism and progress : Niebuhr's thought and contemporary challenges / Anatol Lieven -- Reinhold Niebuhr and the use of force / John D. Carlson -- The irony of American evangelical politics / Kevin Carnahan -- Reinhold Niebuhr and the problem of religious pluralism / Wilfred M. McClay -- Conclusion : Realism revisited / Stephen Platten.