[PW] Reinhold Niebuhr quote

[Bye, Dan J]

Other sources (i.e. Martin Marty's "Modern American Religion, vol 3: 1941-1960, p.348 available in GoogleBooks http://qurl.com/gcf4v  )suggest that the actual quote comes from Mary McCarthy.  Niebuhr's was somewhat different.

How about this for a source:

"Religious people who take pride in Niebuhr's commitment to what he called "Christian Realism" may prefer to forget his words, "Religion is a good thing for honest people but a bad thing for dishonest people... and the church has not been impressive because many of its leaders rationalize." "

>From p.387 of : 
Moral Reasoning in American Thought on War and Peace
Kenneth W. Thompson 
The Review of Politics, Vol. 39, No. 3. (Jul., 1977), pp. 386-399
(JSTOR)

The citation for the quote given is to:

"Niebuhr, Sermon at Union Seminary, New York, May 10, 1960"

Which seems more specific than the "report" in the Hedges book.


Dan


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> Paul Zimmerman wrote
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> > Additionally, I am trying to find the exact citation for a famous 
> > Reinhold Niebuhr quote:
> >
> > "Religion is a good thing for good people and a bad thing 
> for bad people."
> >
> > This is cited in "American Fascists: The Christian Right 
> and the War 
> > On America"  By Chris Hedges (heh...)
> 
> According to the Notes for Chapter One on p. 209:
> 
> 3. H. Richard Niebuhr, as reported to me by Reverend Coleman Brown.
> 
> 
> Daphne Drewello
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