If Reinhold Niebuhr Could Speak to Us Today, What Would He Say?

If Reinhold Niebuhr Could Speak to Us Today, What Would He Say?

About two years ago, after wrapping up a major book project, I found myself staring at my bookshelf, looking for new directions. I reached for John Dewey’s works, hoping to revisit 20th-century debates about the meaning and vitality of liberalism. Dewey’s aspirational vision of democracy and his faith in reason and education as transformative forces once felt illuminating. Turning back to him seemed wise in these politically unsettling times. As…