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An Investigation into Reinhold Niebuhr's Rise to the Position of Public Intellectual

Graeme Smith

Leiden

Brill

This article investigates the reason for Reinhold Niebuhr's rise to prominence as a public intellectual; it considers first the nature of Niebuhr's success before then arguing that the rhetorical style of his sermons and lectures, the polemical style of his journalism and his political activism were major factors in his rise. What is suggested in the article is that Niebuhr constructed himself as a political figure and that this was crucial in his rise to prominence. This article investigates the reason for Reinhold Niebuhr's rise to prominence as a public intellectual; it considers first the nature of Niebuhr's success before then arguing that the rhetorical style of his sermons and lectures, the polemical style of his journalism and his political activism were major factors in his rise. What is suggested in the article is that Niebuhr constructed himself as a political figure and that this was crucial in his rise to prominence.

2014

131-157

International Journal of Public Theology

8/2

1569-7320

political activism

popular journalism

public theology

Reinhold Niebuhr

rhetorical style

Graeme Smith

10.1163/15697320-12341339

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