No one is in a better position to write the story of Union Theological Seminary over the past fifty years than Dr. Coffin...

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A HALF CENTURY OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1896-1954: An Informal History

No one is in a better position to write the story of Union Theological Seminary over the past fifty years than Dr. Coffin whose connection with that institution as student, instructor, Professor and President dates back to 1899. As an educational institution can best be interpreted in terms of the personalities who had a leading part in its life it is natural that Dr. Coffin should outline the history of the Seminary by way of thumbnail sketches of its more recent presidents: Charles Hall, Francis Brown, Arthur Cushman McGiffert. (The story of Dr. Coffin's presidency is told by Dr. Morgan P. ). Included also are descriptions of the distinctive contributions of its professors, living and dead, such as George William Knox, Charles O. Fagnanci, James E. Frame, Thomas C. Hall, Ernest F. Scott, Eugene W. Lyman, Robert E. Berner, James Moffat, Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich. Interpolated are accounts of the various theological disputes in which the Seminary was involved and of the successive trends in curriculum and student life. Told in Dr. Coffin's trenchant style with characteristic humorous touches, this is a book which students, alumni and friends of this great institution and the great men who have made it will treasure.

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1954

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