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Creature of a student organization, the Commission is yet not a body of impulsive juvenile radicals. Many of its members are mature, experienced religious leaders. Its report is headed by a statement by one of Socialism's ablest, most trustworthy advocates???38-year-old, athletic Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, professor of applied Christianity at Union Theological Seminary. Calling himself a "tamed cynic," he is still known as one who aims to shock the complacent, to kinetize the nation's youth with his own high-powered enthusiasm. Son of a Missouri pastor, he was ordained in the Evangelical Church in 1915, held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christian Socialism | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

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