R. Ward Holder teaches theology at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire. He recently wrote, with Peter B. Josephson, The Irony of Barack Obama: Barack Obama, Reinhold Niebuhr and the Problem of Christian Statecraft.
Obama as Christian realist
Obama embraces both the idealistic and realistic poles of Christian action. He recognizes with Niebuhr that politics is inherently tragic.
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