His The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness represents Niebuhr's effort to save democracy from itself. (firstthings.com)
Once again, we are in a war portrayed as a conflict between, to use Reinhold Niebuhr's phrase, the children of light and the children of darkness. (firstthings.com)
He is the author of many classics in their field, including The Nature and Destiny of Man, Moral Man and Immoral Society, The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, and Discerning the Signs of Our Times. (religion-online.org)