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Reinhold Niebuhr on Moral Motivation

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Reinhold Niebuhr on moral motivation  Preachers who are in danger of degenerating into common scolds might learn a great deal from H’s preaching style. I am not thinking now of the wealth of scholarship which enriches his utterances but of his technique in uniting religious emotion with aspiration rather than with duty. If he wants […]

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