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Niebuhr Death Marks End of An Era for Social Theology
The Rev. Reinhold Niebuhr dies at 78 in Stockbridge Mass after a long illness. He shaped Christian realism linking faith with social action, helped found the World Council of Churches and Americans for Democratic Action, and taught at Union Theological Seminary for 32 years. Born 1892 in Wright City Missouri, he studied at Elmhurst, Eden Theological, and Yale Divinity School. He leaves wife Ursula, son Christopher Robert of Albany and daughter Elizabeth Sifton of Brooklyn.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Reinhold Niebuhr
United States
Niebuhr
World Council of Churches
Americans For Democratic Action
Wright City
Elmhurst NI. College
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Yale Divinity School
Evangelical Synod of North America
United Church of Christ
Bethel Evangelical Church
Detroit
Union Theological Seminary
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Socialist Party
Karl Marx
Earth
Ursula Keppel-Crompton
Christopher Robert
Albany
N.Y
Elizabeth Sifton
Brooklyn