A review by rebelin_therye
Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr

3.0

Considered a classic if not THE classic text of theological work around this topic I am glad I read it to give me a base for understanding current work and theology that has sprung from it. It's an important text, however, I think that we make the mistake of holding it a bit too high on the pedestal and that we lose ourselves in it for the expense of updated and more sociologically competent works. It's good work, but it remains limited in both worldview AND misses a few points for me when it seems to be privilege centric. That is, it almost skips over oppression in a way that is somewhat uncomfortable and ignorant. This writing style, reminiscent of its time, is also meandering, and I find myself sometimes wishing we could get to the point a bit. I guess that's theology for you.