Niebuhrian

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English

Etymology

From Niebuhr +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Niebuhrian (comparative more Niebuhrian, superlative most Niebuhrian)

  1. Of or relating to Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971), American theologian, ethicist, and political commentator.
    • 2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      From his studies of these thinkers and activists, Mr. Obama took what he called the “Niebuhrian” lesson that we can have “a cleareyed view of the world and the realities of cruelty and sin and greed and violence, and yet, still maintain a sense of hope and possibility, as an act of will and leap of faith.”