This 50th-anniversary edition, with a new foreword by the distinguished
historian Martin E. Marty, who regards this book as one of the most
vital books of our time, as well as an introduction by the author never
before included in the book, and a new preface by James Gustafson, the
premier Christian ethicist who is considered Niebuhr's contemporary
successor, poses the challenge of being true to Christ in a
materialistic age to an entirely new generation of Christian readers.