The Christian Realists Reassessing the

The Christian Realists investigates the contributions to practical and theoretical politics by a variety of mid-twentieth century thinkers such as Reinhold Niebuhr, John Foster Dulles, and Herbert Butterfield. In a period of international conflict and uncertainty caused by the rise of Nazism and Communism and the advent of nuclear weapons, these individuals argued for a Christian and a realistic approach to social and political problems.

Foreword

v

Jean Bethke Elshtain

Preface

ix

Niebuhr and His Contemporaries: Introduction to Christian Realism

1

(24)

Eric Patterson

Niebuhr and His Critics: Realistic Optimism in World Politics

25

(28)

Eric Patterson

The Prophetic Realism of John Foster Dulles, 1937-1945

53

(28)

Mark G. Toulouse

Herbert Butterfield and the Limits of Christian Realism

81

(22)

Malcolm R. Thorp

Martin Wight: Politics in the Era of Leviathan

103

(34)

Daniel Young

John Coleman Bennett in Contemporary Context

137

(22)

David McCreary

Cups Half Full: John Courtney Murray's Skirmishes with Christian Realism

159

(18)

Leon Hooper

Christian Realism in a Pluralistic Society: Interactions between Niebuhr and Morgenthau, Kennan, and Schlesinger

177

(22)

Roger L. Shinn

The Ironies of Christian Realism: The End of an Augustinian Tradition in International Politics

199

(34)

Roger Epp

Select Bibliography

233

(4)

About the Contributors

237

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The Christian Realists Reassessing the Contributions of Niebuhr and his Contemporaries

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