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More than 50 faculty members heard the Rev. Mr. Reinhold Niebuhr define the "religious problem" in liberal arts education Saturday night at the Faculty Club...
College curricula are not giving sufficient expression to religious principles according to the Union Theological Seminary professor. In his talk, the Rev. Mr. Niebuhr stated that Harvard was among the many schools he thought were guilty of this shortcoming...
...faculty members' meeting at which the theologian spoke was arranged by the United Ministry to Students in Cambridge. Also during the weekend the Rev. Mr. Niebuhr spoke at Memorial Church services and at the annual dinner at Kirkland House...
...Luce stated at the outset that the American capitalistic economy, with all its defects, is closer to the spirit of Christianity than either socialism or communism. The Rev. Dr. Niebuhr replied that a proper application of the "Love thy neighbor" ideal was the decisive element in making any governmental system truly Christian in spirit...
Arguing for a "sort of mixed economy or democratic socialism," the Rev. Dr. Niebuhr asserted that all extensions of government power do not lead to tyranny. "Some forms of monopoly power ought to be nationalized," he added, stating that, "Britain, with its nationalization, is at least as great a democracy...