TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE OF SOCIAL GROUPS IN THE WORKS OF REINHOLD NIEBUHR

Abstract

The article shows the nature of conflicts between social groups in society according to the position of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism. The nature of conflicts between religious groups, ethnic groups and economic classes is described. Religious-authoritarian, religious-tolerant and secular approaches to religious conflicts are considered.

Keywords

• tolerance
• democracy
• social inequality
• ethnic conflicts
• religious conflicts
• reinhold niebuhr
• christian realism
• idealism
• humility