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.