Christopher Niebuhr

Christopher and I were friends from the day his father introduced us in 1955. Those of us who knew and loved him still miss him. We are grateful for many fie memories. Marion Hausner Pauck P.S. I am 92 years of age!

I first met Chris Niebuhr in the fall of 1952 when I was working as assistant editor to Reinhold Niebuhr, my professor and f friend. He had founded a little political magazine during the second world war, titled "Christianity & Crisis". I was managing editor there for two years between 1952 and 1954. I was working also for a doctorate in Christian theology but before I was able to complete it, I accepted an invitation to be Assistant Editor in the Religious Books Department of the Oxford...

I first met Christopher Niebuhr in 1952 when I was working for Reinhold Niebuhr as Managing Editor of "Christianity and Crisis", a little political journal founded by him during the second world war. Christopher and I became friends and communicated by long distance telephone and old fashioned letters. He never mastered the art or science of the computer. Our last conversation occurred in the winter of 2017-2018 after he had settled in his last home. His energy, enthusiasm, and eagerness...

I grew up with Chris at Union Seminary in New York where his
father and mine were professors. The Niebuhr family lived two
floors above us in the Seminary quadrangle. Al the faculty boys played together and there were severalufs- Paul Tillich's son, Rene,
the Bennets, David Porter others. It was a happy time: going to
Yankee baseball games in the weekends, sledding in Riverside park,
just hanging ut together. In the summer, later on, Chris and I were both working in the city...