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The terms for the new position were drawn up in London on 22 August 1721. [4] Requirements for the professor were not very sectarian, although Hollis made a requirement of character: "That he should be a man of solid learning in divinity, of sound, or orthodox principles, one well gifted to teach, of a sober and pious life, and of a grave conversation."
Karen Leigh King (born February 16, 1954, raised in Sheridan, Montana) [1] is a historian of religion working in the field of Early Christianity, who is currently the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in the oldest endowed chair in the United States (since 1721) She was the first woman to be appointed to the position.
Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr. (born May 19, 1929) is an American theologian who served as the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School, until his retirement in October 2009. Cox's research and teaching focus on theological developments in world Christianity, including liberation theology and the role of Christianity in Latin America.
Porcu, a theology professor who converted at age 24, understands why his faith is appealing to young men: “Orthodoxy is a call to adventure because it asks you to fast, to pray, to do all these ...
He graduated Harvard College in 1710, and in 1722 he was appointed to the newly created Hollis Chair, thereby becoming the first divinity professor commissioned in the American colonies. [3] He was made a Doctor of Divinity in 1730; he died in Cambridge on January 16, 1765, at age 73 after holding the chair for more than 42 years.
Wilder joined Harvard University in 1954 as Hollis Professor of Divinity. In 1962 he was part of the first board of directors for the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture. In 1963, he was named emeritus faculty. His papers are held at the Harvard Divinity School Library of Harvard Divinity School.
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Arthur Chute McGill, (1926–1980) Bussey Professor of Theology at Harvard from 1971 until 1980; Richard R. Niebuhr, Hollis Professor of Divinity emeritus, theologian; Henri Nouwen (1983–1985), Professor of Divinity and Horace De Y. Lentz Lecturer; Jacob K. Olupona, scholar of Indigenous Religions, Religions in Africa