Word: rafton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fields of the several arts and sciences. Membership in the A.H.A. is open to all in sympathy with its viewpoint and objectives, and its strong representation in academic and professional circles constitutes impressive evidence of the important position which Naturalistic Humanism has attained in contemporary American thought. Harold R. Rafton...
...recent establishment of a chair for Roman Catholic studies at the Divinity School prompted Rafton to write his letter. "Students ought to have an opportunity to view the entire humanist movement," he asserted...
...Rafton says he is an atheist because he holds that arguments for God require proof. He feels that no adequate proof of the existence of God has ever been advanced...
...However, Rafton "has no idea" how the money needed to establish such a chair could be raised. He suggested that "when you broadcast such an idea, someone might take it up." If funds are not forth-coming, Rafton called for "guest lecturers" in Humanism...
Among possible recipients for the chair, he mentioned Corliss Lamont '24, who is now teaching at Columbia. "There are many other men who are suitable for such a position," Rafton asserted...