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Richard Niebuhr, theologian and teacher, dies at age 90

Richard Reinhold Niebuhr, a theologian and influential teacher, died Febru­ary 26 at age 90.

He began teaching at Harvard Divini­ty School in 1956, the school noted in an­nouncing his death, and retired as professor emeritus.

He was author, among other works, of the book Experiential Religion.