Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics (LOA #263): Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic/Moral Man and Immoral Society/The History (Library of America (Hardcover)) Hardcover – April 7, 2015 by Reinhold Niebuhr (Author), Elisabeth Sifton (Editor) (Library of America)

The Library of America is a growing national treasure of the United States. (I don't say "America", because that term actually includes North, Central and South America.) It is comprised of exquisitely bound copies of the works of writers throughout American History. While I support the Library, the truth is, copies of its books are much less expensive on Amazon.

Reinhold Niebuhr is one of the great thinkers on religion and politics of the 20th century. Most people know the serenity prayer, recited at all AA and Al-Anon meetings as well as at other 12-step based meetings and programs. Few know that it was written by Reinhold Niebuhr. This book is a collection of some of his most important works, gathered in one volume, printed on acid free paper and bound in a very high quality manner. This book is meant to last.

Included here are some of his major writings on both religion and politics, such as:
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic

• Moral Man and Immoral Society (a work whose relevance increases as we move into the 21st century)
• The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness
• The Irony of American History

Other writings are included, such as essays on the current events of his time, from 1928 to 1967), many of the prayers he composed and some of the sermons and lectures he gave on Faith and Belief. Also included are a chronology of his works, notes on the various writings in this volume and an Index.

This is an exquisite book, collecting some of the most important works of this important writer. Highest recommendation.

This is the  definitive collection of the theologian and public intellectual who was the conscience of the American Century. “One of my favorite philosophers,” remarked Barack Obama about the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) in 2007. President Obama is but one of the many American political leaders—including Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr.—to be influenced by Niebuhr’s writings. Throughout the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, Niebuhr was one of the most prominent public voices of his time, probing with singular style the question of how to act morally in a fallen world. This Library of America volume, prepared by Niebuhr’s daughter, Elisabeth Sifton, collects four indispensable books: Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic (1929), Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932), The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944), and The Irony of American History (1952), along with a selection of essays, sermons, lectures, prayers, including his world-famous Serenity Prayer, and writings on current events—Prohibition, the Allied bombing of Germany, apartheid in South Africa, the Vietnam War—many of which are collected here for the first time.