William Sloane Coffin (1924–2006)
Autore di Credo
Sull'Autore
William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security
Opere di William Sloane Coffin
Opere correlate
Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches (1999) — Collaboratore — 227 copie
The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World (2007) — Collaboratore — 125 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Coffin, William Sloan, Jr.
- Data di nascita
- 1924-06-01
- Data di morte
- 2006-04-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Strafford, Vermont, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Carmel, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Strafford, Vermont, USA - Istruzione
- Yale University (BA|1949)
Yale Divinity School (BD|1956) - Attività lavorative
- Presbyterian minister (ordained 1956)
chaplain (Yale)
Senior Minister (Riverside Church)
disarmament activist - Relazioni
- Rubinstein, Eva (spouse 1)
Gibney, Harriet (spouse 2)
Wilson, Virginia Randolph (spouse 3)
Rubinstein, Arthur (father-in-law)
Coffin, Henry Sloane (uncle)
Coffin, David (son) - Organizzazioni
- Yale University
United Church of Christ
Riverside Church, New York, New York, USA
United States Army (WWII)
Skull and Bones
Central Intelligence Agency (mostra tutto 7)
SANE/FREEZE
Utenti
Recensioni
The Heart Is a Little to the Left: Essays on Public… di William Sloane Coffin
A rather dated book but interesting in that I learned about William Sloane Coffin (a little bit) and it was also a touchstone in a conversation with Marge Bradford.
William Sloane Coffin served as chaplain of Yale University and Williams College, was senior minister of Riverside Church, and is President Emeritus of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security. He became famous while at Yale in the 1960s for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was jailed as a civil rights Freedom Rider, indicted by the U.S. government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial, and has been immortalized as Rev. Sloan in the Doonesbury comic strip. Both Union Theological Seminary in New York and Yale University have established scholarships in his honor.Included in his works are Credo and A Passion for the Possible,… (altro)
Published in 1999 but they remain wise, prophetic words.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 12
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 858
- Popolarità
- #29,814
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 20
- Preferito da
- 2
