The central thesis of this book is that putting the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian realism in dialogue with contemporary virtue theory is a profitable undertaking.

Preface; Introduction- Kevin Carnahan; 1 Niebuhr on the Ironies of Virtue and the Virtue of Irony- Charles Mathewes; 2 Hope, Virtue, and Politics in Reinhold Niebuhr's Works- Robin Lovin; 3 Virtue and the Fragile Christian Realist- Martha ter Kuile; 4 Reinhold Niebuhr: Faith in and Beyond History- Scott Paeth; 5 Deceptive Honesty: Myth and Virtue in Reinhold Niebuhr- Dan Malotky; 6 The Paradoxes of Virtue: Agape in the Work of Reinhold Niebuhr- Mark Douglas; 7 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Virtue of Mutuality- Daniel Morris; 8 The Humble Place of Humility in Reinhold Niebuhr's Ethics-Jodie Lyon; 9 Choosing Sorrow: Niebuhr, Contrition, and White Catastrophe- Christopher Dowdy; 10 Reinhold Niebuhr, Virtue, and Political Society: A Key To the Christian Character of Prophetic Realism- Ward Holder; 11 A Niebuhrian Virtue of Justice- Kevin Carnahan; 12 Reinhold Niebuhr and Phronesis- David True and Thomas James; 13 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Aesthetics of Political Leadership- Thomas James; 14 The Virtues of the Social Critic-Jeremy Sabella; Contributors