Records, 1915-1950 (inclusive).

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Records, 1915-1950 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence from the editorial offices of the Journal of Religion and its two predecessors, The Biblical World and the American Journal of Theology. Records of The Biblical World (1915-1921) consist primarily of correspondence of the editor, Shailer Mathews. Records of the American Journal of Theology (1915-1921) consist of letters of the journal's two managing editors, Gerald Smith and Shirley Jackson Case. These two journals merged in 1921 under the title Journal of Religion with Gerald Smith as editor (1921-1926). Subsequent editors were Shirley J. Case (1926-1939), John Knox (1939-1943), John T. McNeill (1944), Amos N. Wilder (1944-1946), and Bernard E. Meland and James H. Nichols (1947-1950). Later records include correspondence 1920-1939 and 1944-1950. Only the first half of the alphabet (A-L) for 1948-1950 is available.

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Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941

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Shailer Mathews was born in Portland, Maine on May 26, 1863. He received an A.B. from Colby College in 1884, and an M.A. in 1887 In the latter year, he also graduated from Newton Theological Seminary, after which he spent a number of years as a professor at Colby. He was on leave during the year 1890-1891, studying at the University of Berlin, and returned with an enthusiasm for research and the historical-scientific approach to all knowledge that became a life-long characteristic. ...

McNeill, John T. (John Thomas), 1885-1975

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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...

Smith, Gerald Birney, 1868-1929

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Meland, Bernard Eugene, 1899-1993

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Knox, John, 1900-1990

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1936-1937 law clerk for Justice James Clark McReynolds. From the description of Papers : of John Knox, 1903-1979. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793414 Founded in 1921, the Journal of Religion was part of a long lineage of religious history and studies journals. One of the journals that the Journal of Religion grew out of was The Biblical World, which in turn was a continuation of a journal founded by William Rainey Harper in 1882. First known a...

Nichols, James Hastings, 1915-1991

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Case, Shirley Jackson, 1872-1947

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