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This Week in Christian History: Lottie Moon, Richard Niebuhr, Thomas More

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter

Helmut Richard Niebuhr Dies — July 5, 1962

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This week marks the anniversary of the death of prominent American theologian and ethicist Helmut Richard Niebuhr at age 67.

The younger brother of famed theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Helmut developed his own reputation as a Christian intellectual, having several books published including The Social Sources of Denominationalism in 1929, The Meaning of Revelation in 1941, and The Purpose of the Church and Its Ministry in 1954.

A pastor in the Evangelical And Reformed Church, Niebuhr championed the concept of Theological Existentialism, which stressed the importance of individual faith over mere adherence to religious institutional practices.

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