AMCS 3451 - Niebuhr in America

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Fordham University

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Focusing on the inflential work of liberal Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, the course will trace the development of major strands of modern American social and political thought and actions including the Social Gospel, Catholic Worker and Settlement House movements-as reactions to nativism, consumerism, industrialism, individualism, and greed. Niebuhr helped shape both contemporary liberalism and Neo-Conservatism and was the architect of a "Christian realism," which influenced American Catholic and Jewish thought. Niebuhr is widely known as the author of the "Serenity Prayer" ("God give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed...") 4.000 Credit Hours Levels: Undergraduate, Post Baccalaureate Schedule Types: Seminar Undergraduate Colleges College American Catholic Studies Department

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fordham.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 817-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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