Love Thy Niebuhr

The hosts are joined by Eli Valentin and his brother, Dr. Ben Valentin, for a special Christmas episode, where they discuss Niebuhr's sermon, "Advent Sermon for an Atomic Age."

The hosts are joined by Dr. Scott Paeth to dust off another old audio sermon by Niebuhr, "The Wheat and the Tares"

The hosts crack open Niebuhr's audio archives to discuss his sermon/lecture on Augustine's Conception of Self.  This episode features clips of Niebuhr himself speaking on the topic.  Special Guest: Dr. Jeremy Sabella.

The hosts discuss Niebuhr's 1955 article, "Why Ike Is Popular", and compare both the presidency and the republican party of Eisenhower's day with our own.

The hosts discuss a deep-cut from Niebuhr's catalogue, his article, "The Sources of American Prestige."

The hosts discuss Trump's second inaugural address through a Niebuhrian perspective.

The hosts discuss Augustine and Niebuhr with Dr. Michael Lamb.

The hosts discuss the final chapter of Niebuhr's Children of Light/Darkness with the one and only Dr. Scott Paeth.

The hosts discuss the fourth chapter of Niebuhr's The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness.

The hosts discuss the third chapter of Niebuhr's Children of Light and the Children of Darkness.

The hosts discuss chapter 2 of Niebuhr's classic, The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness.

The hosts discuss the first chapter of Niebuhr's Children of Light and the Children of Darkness.

In this third interview with Dr. Gary Dorrien, the hosts discuss his forthcoming memoirs and kick off our series on The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness by going through his introduction to the newest print.

The hosts interview John Shelton on his latest piece drawing out the personal connections between Niebuhr and T.S. Eliot.

The hosts interview Niebuhr scholars Josefin Graef and Joshua Mauldin on both of their essays, updating Niebuhr’s Children of Light/Darkness for a new world of global far right violence and shaky democratic domestic policy, respectively.

The hosts hold a dialogue between Dr. Jason Hudson and Dr. Clif Bailey as they parse out their similarities and differences in how each approach the technological society; the latter holding a Niebuhrian view, the former influenced primarily by Jacques Ellul & Wendell Berry.

The hosts interview Braden Molhoek on his research interests regarding the place where theology and science mutually benefit one another, and discuss some of the more disturbing problems emerging from technological progress in the way of transhumanism.

The hosts interview Dr. Charles McDaniel to discuss economic-technical fusion within culture, the moral influences regarding the shape of technological progress, and how the church should understand technology in light of Niebuhr's critical insights.

In this second installment of the LTN tech series, the hosts interview Dr. Noreen Herzfeld on the challenges of AI and why we’re even interested in creating AGI to begin with. 

The hosts welcome back Dr. Jeremy Sabella to discuss his 2012 article on technology, communities, and Niebuhr.