Word: stendhal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Karmapa was invited to preach at the Div School by Dean Krister Stendhal and Harvey Cox, Thomas Professor of Divinity...
Speaking to the crowd--which included Divinity School faculty members and students, reporters and American followers of Karmapa, Stendhal said of the mixing of Eastern and Western cultures, "This is a world where Buddha will have his witnesses in the West and Christ will have his witnesses in the East...
...Krister Stendhal steps down as dean of the Divinity School, saying, "If God had intended me to stay on, He wouldn't have had President Bok ask me to retire." In his search for Stendhal's successor, Bok is reported to be considering Robert Moses, Deane Lord, Jesus Alou, Isaiah Robertson, Frank Church, Adam Clayton Powell and Yves Montand...
During the meeting in question, Rabbi Gold expressed disappointment at the failure of the University to accept the Stendhal plan, which would have established a three-person Board of Preachers (consisting of a Protestant minister, a Jewish rabbi, and a Catholic priest) having jurisdiction over Memorial Church and all religious affairs of the University. The plan also recommended that the Church "be available--if desired--as the space and base for all the Preachers to the University." To insure the accuracy of my story, I asked Gold after the dinner if he would like to see the Stendhal plan implemented...
Gold also endorsed the recommendations of the University-appointed Stendhal Committee, whiih in 1973 asked Harvard to turn over administration oo Memorial Church to a three-member composed of a Protestant minister, a Catholic priest, and a Jewiih rabbi. The Administration rejected the recommendation that year...