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Niebuhr Christ & CultureAfter more than fifty years of citations and the status of “classic” accorded to the book in the theological faculties and seminaries of North America, and despite the frequent and increasing assertions of Niebuhr’s disciples of the timelessness of his work, it is probably true to say that the continuing usefulness of Christ and Culture (as opposed to its continuing status as a classic representative of its time and culture), has been fatally damaged in recent years. Niebuhr’s critics have pointed out at least five weaknesses in his work, one contextual and four structural.

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This is part of a series of posts. Others in the series are:—
  1. KGH : Death to Herbertism
  2. KGH : Lin-Chi, the Curate and the Anglican Divine
  3. KGH : “…how many live so unlike him now…”
  4. KGH : The only thing I don’t run
  5. KGH : The Cult of Nice
  6. KGH : A little soft around the edges
  7. KGH : Herbertism Habilitated
  8. KGH : +ABC and the 3 Ws
  9. KGH : Witness
  10. KGH : Watchman — The Biblical imagery
  11. KGH : Watchman — Cultural Literacy
  12. KGH : Watchman — A Dissenting Opinion
  13. KGH : Watchman — Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture
  14. KGH : Watchman — Niebuhr and finding meaning
  15. KGH : Watchman — Niebuhr’s “Five Types” of culture
  16. KGH : Watchman — Niebuhr’s legacy
  17. KGH : Watchman — Not Niebuhr, but Barth
  18. KGH : Weaver — What is a “community”?
  19. KGH : Weaver — Bonhoeffer and community
  20. KGH : Weaver — Communities and Ethics
  21. KGH : Weaver — a human society unlike other human societies
  22. KGH : Weaver — Bonhoeffer’s “Life Together”
  23. KGH : Weaver — “Life Together” 1
  24. KGH : Weaver — “Life Together” 2
  25. KGH : Weaver — “Life Together” 3
  26. KGH : Weaver — “Life Together” 4
  27. KGH : Weaver — “Life Together” 5
  28. KGH : Weaver — The Head of the House
  29. KGH : Weaver — An insight from the Masai
  30. KGH : Weaver — Weaving, Worship and Worth

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