Word: sectarianism
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...Graduates," writes in his diary on July 28, 1874, ". . . quite a sharp controversy with some persons who are trying to dissuade the H's from letting their son come to Harvard University. The real but concealed objection being the religious sentiments there. Some people said that the Institution was sectarian and that its principle purpose was to make Unitarians, who were worse than Infidels as they do not come out and proclaim their creed...
...appointed, be a center for Protestant Christianity in the University--combining preaching and counseling, chapel, and other specifically Christian work. Brooks House, on the other hand, would be an interfaith center for Jew and Gentile alike, with emphasis on social service. Hastie also hopes to start specifically non-sectarian debates and forums on various problems of religion...
According to the authors, the 17,000 students came from 27 colleges, "selected to represent different types: public, private, and sectarian institutions; coeducational, men's and women's; white and Negro; urban and rural; with large and small enrollments; and in different regions of the country...
...must be non-sectarian...
Pusey asserted that the current local rejuvenation of religious interest was part of a nation-wide movement, and that he believed it could be non-sectarian at the University. He emphasized that such a rejuvenation need not interfere with any other aspects of the University...