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...Niebuhr says that it was "some of the most exciting work we've ever done," discussing with pleasure his two partners in the project, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck and Professor of the History of Religion and Islamic Studies and Master of Currier House William A. Graham...
...question that the three had to answer was: "What should a concentration in the comparative study of religion look like in a liberal arts context?" Niebuhr recalls...
...plan the trio created relied heavily on tutorials, since the concentration only admitted a handful of students. The religion Faculty received "enormous help from people in other parts of the Faculty," Niebuhr says. "That was one of the most fascinating parts of it, getting to know Faculty who had a strong interest in religion, and religion in their own fields...
...that time, Niebuhr, who had been on leave, returned to a much changed Divinity School...
...felt as though I was being reeducated and was much more conscious of connecting the study of theology with other liberal-arts disciplines," Niebuhr says...