TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Sciences and Culture Academy has recently published H. Richard Niebuhr’s book “Christ and Culture” in Persian.

Mohsen Badreh and Ruhollah Golmoradi are the translators of the book originally published in 1951.  

The 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr’s contemporary successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.

Helmut Richard Niebuhr was one of the most important Christian theological ethicists in 20th century America, most known for “Christ and Culture” and his posthumously published book “The Responsible Self”. 

The younger brother of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard Niebuhr taught for several decades at Yale Divinity School. 

His theology (together with that of his colleague at Yale, Hans Wilhelm Frei) has been one of the main sources of post-liberal theology, sometimes called the “Yale school”. 

He influenced such figures as James Gustafson and Stanley Hauerwas.

Photo: Copies of the Persian edition of H. Richard Niebuhr’s book “Christ and Culture”.

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