Word: christian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to former Eliot House Master Alan E. Heimert '49, in 1958, Pusey threw his support to the minister of Memorial Church, who disallowed non-Christian marriages to take place in the church...
...Harvard's historic tradition has been a Christian tradition, and although Memorial Church is not considered as affiliated with any one denomination, it has always been thought of as a house of Christian worship," he wrote...
Heimert recalls that many members of the faculty and student body were outraged by Pusey's stance; it was eventually decided that the non-Christian ceremonies could take place...
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes points to Pusey's failure to achieve his desired religious goals as evidence that administrators could have only minimal effect on the religious character of the school...
...When choosing a college, I feared that there would not be as much support for religion [at Harvard] as there had been at home," says Denise Wang '01, one of the officer of the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF) "Harvard is not known for people of strong faith...