Does civilization need religion?
by Reinhold Niebuhr
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About this eBook
- Author
- Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971
- Title
- Does civilization need religion? : A study in the social resources and limitations of religion in modern life
- Original Publication
- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927.
- Credits
- Sean/IB@DP
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity
- Subject
- Christian civilization
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 77050
- Release Date
- October 13, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.DOES CIVILIZATION NEED RELIGION?
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.CHAPTER I THE STATE OF RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY
- 4.CHAPTER II NATURE AND CIVILIZATION AS FOES OF PERSONALITY
- 5.CHAPTER III THE SOCIAL RESOURCES OF RELIGION
- 6.CHAPTER IV THE SOCIAL CONSERVATISM OF MODERN RELIGION
- 7.CHAPTER V RELIGION AND LIFE: CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
- 8.CHAPTER VI SOCIAL COMPLEXITY AND ETHICAL IMPOTENCE
- 9.CHAPTER VII TRANSCENDING AND TRANSFORMING THE WORLD
- 10.CHAPTER VIII A PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR AN ETHICAL RELIGION
- 11.CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION
- 12.FOOTNOTES
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