Word: niebuhr
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During his years as an undergraduate Niebuhr felt pressured to "keep his head in the books." He says she felt he needed to "make up for lost time" because of his years in the service...
...Niebuhr narrowed his focus to religious philosophy and decided to enter Union Seminary in New York City after his graduation from the College. After several years as the pastor of a small church in Cornwall, Conn., Niebuhr says he "felt the pull to come back and enter a Ph.D. program." He received his doctorate in theology from Yale...
After he taught for several years at Vassar College, Harvard invited Niebuhr to join the Divinity School faculty. Niebuhr's appointment was part of an effort to rebuild the school...
...Initially President Conant had initiated a study to see whether the divinity School should be abolished or pumped with money," Niebuhr says, referring to James B. Conant '14, the University's leader at the time. 'they started to rebuild...
...Niebuhr, who started at the Divinity School in 1956, said that the revitalization effort drew "many, many more students" to the Divinity School. Since the school is nondenominational, it attracted young people who wanted to study particular aspects of religion, according to Niebuhr...