{"product_id":"9781506402611","title":"The Paradox of Church and World: Selected Writings of H. Richard Niebuhr","description":"\u0026lt;P\u0026gt;“Ultimately,” or so H. Richard Niebuhr wrote as early as 1929, “the problem of church and world involves us in a paradox; unless the church accommodates itself to the world, it becomes sterile inwardly and outwardly; unless it transcends the world, it becomes indistinguishable from the world and loses its effectiveness no less surely.” In the same context he went on to state: “The rhythm of approach and withdrawal need not be like the swinging of the pendulum, mere repetition without progress; it may be more like the rhythm of the waves that wash upon the beach; each succeeding wave advances a little farther into the world with its cleansing gospel before that gospel becomes sullied with the earth.”\u0026lt;\/P\u0026gt;\u0026lt;P\u0026gt;Niebuhr’s thought on the paradox of church and world is an essential piece of our understanding of twentieth-century theology in America. In this volume, Jon Diefenthaler collects for the first time over forty writings that trace the lineage of Niebuhr’s thought, presents them in a single place, and makes a case for their enduring value in a post-church religious environment.\u0026lt;\/P\u0026gt;","brand":"Augsburg Fortress, Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178760552688,"sku":"9781506402611","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781506402611_p0.jpg?v=1769898308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781506402611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}