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Word: theologian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...magazine to advertise a book by R. F. Foster, The Coming Faith (TIME, Dec. 28). It goes without saying that a man who has written 78 books on "bridge and other games" could not be a trained scholar. One statement is evidently true: "R. F. Foster is not a theologian." The study of bis face indicates what Plato would call a "keen and narrow intelligence," which was also true of Mephistopheles. While the crass and unbaked author may not have the "slightest desire to go to heaven" nor fear of hell, there is no danger of his going to either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 11, 1926 | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

...business of the theologian, not the scientist, to state just when and how man gained a soul. The man of science is keenly interested in the matter, but he should not be blamed if he cannot answer questions here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR MATHER OUTLINES ARGUMENTS TO PROVE WORTH OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY | 10/13/1925 | See Source »

...religion seek righteousness; finding it they also find truth. The further along the two avenues of investigation the scientist and the theologian go, the closer together they discover themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR MATHER OUTLINES ARGUMENTS TO PROVE WORTH OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY | 10/13/1925 | See Source »

Engaged. Miss Elizabeth Brandeis, daughter of Justice Louis D. Brandeis of the U. S. Supreme Court, to Paul Rauschenbusch, son of the late Walter Rauschenbusch, Baptist theologian and sociologist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 27, 1925 | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...Crothers, pastor of the First Parish Church since 1894, is known as a theologian and as an essayist. Among his numerous works are "Members of One Body". "The Gentle Reader", and "The Understanding Heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 2/28/1925 | See Source »

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