Theological Discussion Group papers, 1934-1961.

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Theological Discussion Group papers, 1934-1961.

This collection contains mainly the typescript addresses presented to the Theological Discussion Group. It includes a small amount of administrative correspondence including lists of members, which are included with the folders of addresses given at the retreats to which they refer.

2.25 linear feet (5 boxes)

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Miller, Randolph Crump, 1910-2002

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Randolph Crump Miller was a Yale Divinity School professor in the field of Religious Education for more than twenty years beginning in 1952. From the description of Randolph Crump Miller Papers, 1932-1985 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702165128 Randolph Crump Miller was born in Fresno, CA on October 1, 1910, the son of the Reverend Ray Oakley Miller and Laura Belle Crump Miller. He earned his B.A. degree from Pomona College in 1931. Miller ...

Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

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Theological Discussion Group.

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The Theological Discussion Group, meeting twice yearly in weekend retreat initially at Yale University, included Reinhold Niebuhr, Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, Henry Van Dusen, James Luther Adams, Georgia Harkness and many other leading Christian thinkers. Papers were presented and critiqued, and issues concerning the evolution of Christianity and the modern world discussed. From the description of Theological Discussion Group papers, 1934-1961. (Columbia University In the City of ...

Bennett, John C. (John Coleman), 1902-1995

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United Church of Christ (Congregational) minister, theologian, Christian ethicist, ecumenist, and Union Theological Seminary president. From the description of John Coleman Bennett papers, 1928-1995. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482578 ...

Pauck, Wilhelm, 1901-1981

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Horton, Walter Marshall, 1895-1966

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Protestant theologian, author, teacher, leader in the modern Ecumenical Movement; educated at Harvard University, Union Theological Seminary, and the Universities of Paris and Strasbourg. Taught at Oberlin College and Graduate School of Theology from 1925 to 1962. Horton died in Oberlin in 1966. From the description of Papers, 1903-67, 1925-67. (Oberlin College Library). WorldCat record id: 25681493 Horton earned his Harvard AB in 1917. From the description of No...

Van Dusen, Henry P. (Henry Pitney), 1897-1975

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Yale university. Divinity school

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For more than a century, theological instruction was conducted by Yale's president or by the Professor of Divinity, a position established by Thomas Clap in 1746. During these years, however, Yale did not have a formally established Divinity School. The college began to feel the lack of a separately established department in the beginning of the nineteenth century as more New England colleges--such as Williams, Middlebury, Union, and Hamilton--began to draw students to their seminar...

Corwin, Virginia, 1901-

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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Reinhold Niebuhr and his wife, Ursula Niebuhr. From the description of Letters, 1935-1982, n.d., to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155873776 Theologian, philosopher, and author. From the description of Papers of Reinhold Niebuhr, 1907-1994 (bulk 1930-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063622 Theologian. From the description of Reminiscences of Reinhold Niebuhr...

Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976

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Muilenburg, James

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Miller, Francis Pickens, 1895-1978

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Government official. From the description of Papers of Francis Pickens Miller [manuscript], 1885-1976. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825652 ...

Bainton, Roland Herbert, 1894-1984

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Roland Bainton was born in England and emigrated first to Canada in 1898 and then to the United States in 1902. He received a B.A. from Whitman College, a B.D. from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Yale, as well as many honorary degrees. Bainton taught church history at Yale Divinity School from 1920 to 1962, serving as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History from 1936. Bainton wrote prolifically and was an authority on Luther and the Reformation, Christian attitudes toward war, C...

Wilder, Amos N. (Amos Niven), 1895-1993

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Amos N. Wilder was a pastor, poet, teacher, and theologian. He was ordained in 1926 as a Congregational minister, and was the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University from 1956-1963. From the description of Amos Niven Wilder Papers, 1923-1982. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 664618230 Wilder taught theology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Amos N. Wilder, 1954-1968 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldC...

Harkness, Georgia Elma, 1891-1974

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Described as one of the first significant American female theologians. Important in the movement to gain ordination for women in American Methodism. From the description of Georgia Harkness letter to Bruce Humphries, Inc. [manuscript], 1938 July 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 420292097 ...

Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995

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Douglas and Dorothy Steere served the Society of Friends for much of their adult lives and their influence remains strong to this day. Douglas V. Steere was born on August 31, 1901 in Harbor Beach, Michigan and was educated at Eastern High School in Detroit; Michigan Agricultural College, earning a BS in Agriculture in 1923; and Harvard University, earning his MA in Philosophy in 1929 and his PhD in 1931. As a Rhodes Scholar, Steere attended Oxford University from 1925 to 1928, earn...

Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962

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Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962), a leading twentieth-century American Protestant theologian and churchman, is known for his contributions to Christian ethics, for his social analysis of American denominationalism, his interpretation of American religious history, study of American theological education, and authorship of books and essays advancing "theocentric" theology. The younger brother of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Helmut was born in Missouri, and was educated at Elmhurst College, Eden...

Moore, John Morrison, 1904-

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Calhoun, Robert Lowry, 1896-1983

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