H. Richard Niebuhr

Colleagues mourn the loss of Richard Gustav Niebuhr, religion journalist and professor

By Bob Smietana — November 10, 2023
(RNS) — A former national religion reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times, Niebuhr is remembered as a careful reporter and generous colleague.

How to really preach truth to power

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 20, 2020
It takes theological courage to live in this world. A beloved thinker teaches us how to do that.

RNS Best of 2017: After 30 years, a farewell column

By David P. Gushee — December 27, 2017
(RNS) — David Gushee closes his column to return to life as a scholar — leaving behind culture wars and the fights over and within evangelicalism.

After 30 years, a farewell column

By David P. Gushee — September 14, 2017
(RNS) — 'Perhaps voices will emerge that will enable us to find new ways forward together, past the screaming and the litigation, through a return to deeper theological and ecclesial wellsprings. I pray that this is so,' writes David Gushee.
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