Records of the Center for the Study of World Religions, ca. 1964-1973 (inclusive)
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Smith, Wilfred Cantwell, 1916-2000
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Professor Smith (1916-2000) was the foremost Canadian scholar on Islam and comparative religion. He founded the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1951, helped establish the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Department of Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University. His "The Meaning and End of Religion" (1963) was a groundbreaking study of the historical changes of meaning of such words as "religion", "faith", and "belief." Fr...
Harvard University. Center for the Study of World Religions.
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The Center for the Study of World Religions, built in 1960, was designed by Sert, Jackson and Gornley. Located on Francis Avenue, the Center is a residence for students of different faiths. The sponsors and donors wished to supplement classroom studies of history of religions by creating a space conducive to informal communication and personal acquaintance. The Center for the Study of World Religions joins the Harvard Divinity School, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and all of Harvard's profes...
