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Title: social typology of religion: classic in its field
Review: Drawing on the history of Christian relationships with culture, Niebuhradapts the work of Ernst Troeltsch to create a typology of how Christiansthrough the ages have interacted with culture. Strongly biased towards the finalone of his five suggestions, Niebuhr influenced a generation of liberalChristians to seek to transform society in the name of Christ. The workis a classic in the field, but has been challenged as inextricably bound upwith an obsolete commitment to a "Christendom"-based social ethic.
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