Does Civilization Need Religion? (Signed): A Study in the Social Resources and Limitations of Religion in Modern Life
New York: Macmillan, 1928. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Flat signed and dated by author on the front free endpaper. Second printing of the author’s first book. Small octavo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 242 pp. Publisher’s blue cloth-covered boards. Blind-stamped border rule to front board. Gilt-stamped lettering to front board and spine. Gray topstain. Deckled fore-edge. Case clean and unmarked with minimal edgewear. Gilt on spine lightly rubbed. Gilt on front board sharp and bright. Binding solid, tight, and square. Internally clean and unmarked. Pages very slightly age toned. - - Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), an influential American theologian, ethicist, and political commentator, served as a professor at Union Theological Seminary for over 30 years. He had an acknowledged impact on the thinking of Martin Luther King Jr., Jimmy Carter, John McCain, and Barack Obama, among others, and is broadly known as the creator of the first version of the Serenity Prayer. Does Civilization Need Religion? presents the Niebuhr’s early theological ideals and ideas, which he later came largely to reject. - - Scarce signed. Near Fine / Lacking dust jacket. Item #320
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