-A provocative treatment of political martyrdom in the United States . . . . a well-crafted, thought-provoking book.- --The Lincoln Herald
-In the U.S., dead politicians and controversial reformers have frequently been called martyrs to a cause. But achieving martyrdom is more elusive than simply being jailed, murdered, or rejected in fighting for what one believes. This is the thrust of Naveh's argument, which traces the martyr motif in American political culture since the 1830s.- --Choice
-Drawing upon eulogies and obituaries, sermons and biographies,...
-A provocative treatment of political martyrdom in the United States . . . . a well-crafted, thought-provoking book.- --The Lincoln Herald
Reinhold Niebuhr was not only the most important American Protestant theologian in the twentieth century but also one of the nation's most influential public intellectuals. The author of a great many books, articles, and essays, impressively wide-ranging in his interests, Niebuhr's writings defined the deepest concerns of entire generations of his fellow-citizens: "Moral Man and Immoral Society" (1932) for the decade of the depression; "The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness" (1944) for the Second World War; "The Irony of American History" (1952) for the Cold War. In a career...
Reinhold Niebuhr was not only the most important American Protestant theologian in the twentieth century but also one of the nation's most influential...
