Word: offing
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Tending to the spiritual needs of the College is in his job title.
Caroline Plummer endowed the Plummer professorship in 1854 in order to support "a Professor of the Philosophy of the heart, and of the moral, physical and christian life in Harvard University."
Gomes has witnessed the changing face of Harvard from his time as a Divinity School student to his appointment at the Memorial Church in 1974.
In the post-Vietnam social protest era--as students have turned inward in these quieter times-- Gomes has observed the spiritual needs of the campus become increasingly intense.
Gomes argues that the level of pressure today, both academic and social, is far more severe than a generation ago. As a result, students are seeking spiritual outlets now more than ever.