Skinner, Clarence Russell, 1881-1949

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Clarence Russell Skinner ( 1881-1949 ) was a graduate of St. Lawrence University and was ordained in 1906 . He served parishes in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Mt. Vernon, New York . In 1914, he became Professor of Applied Christianity at the Crane Theological School of Tufts University . In 1915, he published The Social Implications of Universalism. Increasingly disillusioned with Universalism, he founded the all-inclusive, nondenominational Community Church of Boston in 1920 . From 1933 until his retirement in 1945, he served as dean of the Crane Theological School at Tufts University . His published works include Liberalism Faces the Future ( 1937 ), Human Nature and the Nature of Evil ( 1939 ) and A Religion for Greatness ( 1945 ).

From the guide to the Skinner, Clarence Russell, 1881-1949. Papers, 1906-1970., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)

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referencedIn Papers of Elizabeth Glendower Evans, 1859-1944 (inclusive), 1882-1944 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
referencedIn Universalist Church of Ohio. Records, 1827-1963 (inclusive). Harvard University, Divinity School Library
referencedIn Universalist Church of America. General Superintendent, Cummins, Robert, 1897-1982. Records, 1939-1969. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Skinner, Clarence Russell, 1881-1949. Papers, 1906-1970. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
creatorOf Skinner, Clarence Russell, 1881-1949. Papers, 1906-1970. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Rice, William Brooks, 1905-1970. Papers, 1927-1970. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
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Birth 1881-03-23

Death 1949-08-27

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