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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...
...Pusey wrote a letter to The Crimson in support of the minister's actions...
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...
...Though Pusey was able to initiate a short-lived "religious revival" on campus, he met with some hostility among the increasingly anti-religious student population of the late...
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...