Niebuhr

Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once described propaganda in a democracy as “emotionally potent oversimplifications” peddled to the masses, and that’s precisely what Carlson’s videos seem to provide.

Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s “Serenity Prayer,” believed to have been written to address the horrors of World War II, came to his mind.

"I would come when it's colder. Only June, April," said Dalphna Niebuhr, an American tourist on holiday with her husband in Rome this week, who said the heat was making her visit "miserable."

On the contrary, his morality — inspired by Augustine and the 20th-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr — is rooted in the idea that we are all imperfect.

The three labels were inspired by writings by theologian H. Richard Niebuhr, who used them to categorize Christians' attitudes toward engaging with secular society in general.