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Even though the Divinity School and President Bok sent several letters asking the Pope to speak at Harvard, John Paul II will not visit the University when he comes to Boston October 1, George E. Rupp, dean of the Div School, said yesterday...
Harvard first considered contacting the Pope this spring at the suggestion of George H. Williams, Hollis Professor of Divinity, who has known him since Vatican II in the early 60s. But Rupp said "It is virtually certain" the Pope will not visit Harvard...
...Rupp says he sees himself and Stendahl foremost as educators, but within that context, he adds his viewpoint is more administrative than Stendahl's which is more pastoral...
...Rupp agrees with Stendahl on the importance of both studying diverse faiths and preparing a learned ministry within each faith--yet without setting up a dichotomy between...
Even if Stendahl and Rupp have similar perceptions of the Div School's goals, it may be difficult for the Div School to view Rupp as similar to his predecessor. Stendahl is 58 years old; Rupp, at 37, is the youngest Harvard dean. And Rupp acknowledges his deanship "may require some adjustment of perceptions." He adds, "Right down to the movers who moved us in, people tend to think that deans are venerable old men--if not institutions...