
Charlton Black (Professor of English Literature)Įdward Warren Capen (Hartford School of Missions, Lecturer on Missions)Įmil Carl Wilm (Assistant Professor of Philosophy) Helms (“The Home Mission Problem” Five Lectures)Į. Nutter (Special Lecturer in Hymnology)ĭr. Huse (Assistant Professor of Economics)Ĭharles S. Hamilton (Lecture and Ordination Service)Ĭharles P. Bashford (Ten Lectures on China)īishop John W. Knudson (Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis)īishop Francis J. įaculty in 1916 (Compare with above list)Īlbert C. He retired as Dean due to his failing health and the increased demands on his administrative function for the “Century of Service” campaign. Nevertheless, he managed to keep the school running over those years while publishing four books The Philosophy of Personalism (1927), The Doctrine of God (1930), The Doctrine of Redemption (1933), and The Validity of Religious Experience (1937). He even hesitated to take the job as Dean, worrying that it would interfere with his academic productivity. Knudson was always a scholar first and an administrator second. Knudson was Dean of the School of Theology from 1926 until 1938. James Geddes (Romance Languages and Phonetics)Īlbert C. Athearn (Professor of Religious Education)ĭaniel Dorchester (Spiritual and Homiletic Values in Literature) Knudson (Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis) Townsend (Professor of Pastoral Theology)Īlbert C. Warren (Danforth Richardson Dunn Professor of Religions and Religion) Notice the large presence of linguists and musicians on the faculty. His excitement for missions is reflected in the following list of professors from the 1916-1917 academic year. He had a particular interest in missions, as he himself eventually became a missionary in China. Under his leadership, the school greatly expanded. Birney graduated from Boston University School of Theology in 1899. Georgia Harkness-Witness to the 20th Century.


Faculty of Boston University, 1945-1972.Faculty of Boston University, 1891-1911.Faculty of the General Biblical Institute, 1847-67.Faculty of the Biblical Institute, 1839-46.School of Religious Education and Social Service, 1918-39.Boston University School of Theology 1891-1911.Boston University School of Theology, 1867-90.Methodist General Biblical Institute, 1847-1867.A People's History of the School of Theology
