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==American branch==
==American branch==
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The American branch of neo-orthodoxy is the theological literature ''by'' and ''on'' [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], his brother [[H. Richard Niebuhr]], and his friend whom he helped extract from Nazi Germany [[Paul Tillich]]. In the States from the 1930's through the 1960's the theological work of these three men eclipsed that of any other.
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The American branch of neo-orthodoxy is the theological literature ''by'' and ''on'' [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], his brother [[H. Richard Niebuhr]], and his friend whom he helped extract from Nazi Germany [[Paul Tillich]]. Within the American Academy and mainline churches from the 1930's through the 1960's the theological work of these three men eclipsed that of any others.
Reinhold Niebuhr's 1939 complaint against [[Liberal Christianity]]:
Reinhold Niebuhr's 1939 complaint against [[Liberal Christianity]]: