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He was also the founding editor of the publication christianity and crisis. A study in ethics and politics is a complex, difficult book dealing with this difficult question. He was the author of some 20 books, among them moral man, immoral society and scores of articles. Moral man and immoral society is niebuhr s eloquent argument for the churchs involvement in social reforms as well as a platform for his beliefs that men are sinners, that society is ruled by selfinterest, and that history is characterized by irony, not progress. In 1948, time magazine featured him on the cover of its october issue. This library of america series edition is printed on acidfree paper and features smythsewn binding, a full cloth cover, and a ribbon marker. Moral man and immoral society project gutenberg selfpublishing.
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