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Niebuhr
[ nee-boor; German nee-boor ]
noun
- Bar·thold Ge·org [bahr, -tawlt gey-, awrk], 1776–1831, German historian.
- Rein·hold [rahyn, -hohld], 1892–1971, U.S. theologian and philosopher.
Niebuhr
/ ˈniːbʊə /
noun
- NiebuhrBarthold Georg17761831MGermanHISTORY: historian Barthold Georg (ˈbartɔlt ˈɡeːɔrk). 1776–1831, German historian, noted for his critical approach to sources, esp in History of Rome (1811–32)
- NiebuhrReinhold18921971MUSRELIGION: theologian Reinhold (ˈraɪnˌhəʊld). 1892–1971, US Protestant theologian. His works include Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932) and The Nature and Destiny of Man (1941–43)
Example Sentences
Niebuhr “played by the rules” by affirming American exceptionalism, and writing about American innocence.
Reader of Thomas Merton and that bunch (and indeed Niebuhr--look at how Obama apparently immersed himself in Niebuhr).
In a cage-match between nihilism and Niebuhr, who would you bet on?
His archæological knowledge, which fascinated Niebuhr, is of small account to-day.
Happily, at that time, Niebuhr was unknown, and sceptical criticism had not begun its deadly work.
Niebuhr, the historian, once told him that he (Stein) hated a certain personage.
It is true, as Niebuhr asserts, "He is a very dishonest writer."
The most distinguished supporters of this theory were Niebuhr and Macaulay.
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