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Christian education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works dealing with instruction in the Christian religion in schools and private life. Works on the relation of the church to education in general, and works on the history of the part that the church has taken in secular education are entered under Church and education.
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

William L. Holladay papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 302
Abstract:

The papers comprise the professional and personal correspondence, teaching files, writings, and public talks that document William L. Holladay's career as a scholar of the Old Testament, his teaching career at both the Near East School of Theology and the Andover Newton Theological School, and his work as a minister for the United Church of Christ.

Dates: 1873-2012, bulk 1960-1997
Found in: Yale Divinity Library > William L. Holladay papers

Philip C. Landers Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 191
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, collected materials, and biographical material document the life and work of Philip C. Landers. Landers and his wife, Ethna, both pursued careers in Christian education. Landers was a founder of the "University of Life" movement in Minnesota. He later worked for the International Council of Religious Education in Chicago, which merged into the National Council of Churches, based in New York. He coordinated the nationwide introduction and interpretation of the new...
Dates: 1913-1972
Found in: Yale Divinity Library > Philip C. Landers Papers

Records of Religious and Benevolent Societies, Organizations, and Meetings

 Collection
Call Number: RG 34
Abstract:

This collection contains publications of primarily American and British organizations, societies, conferences, and councils. The publications provide primary source documentation of organizations that focused on a wide variety of issues, ranging from sabbath observance to tract and Bible distribution to support of widows to religious education to ecumenical programs, etc.

Dates: 1804-1987
Found in: Yale Divinity Library > Records of Religious and Benevolent Societies, Organizations, and Meetings

Records of Religious Educational Institutions

 Collection
Call Number: RG 33
Abstract:

Record Group 33 is an open collection composed primarily of printed material from the institutions represented. This collection includes records from religious educational institutions in the United States and Canada, dating from 1808 to 1974.

Dates: 1808-1974
Found in: Yale Divinity Library > Records of Religious Educational Institutions

Henry Burt Wright Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 40
Abstract: The papers detail Wright's personal life and professional work. They are particularly useful for their documentation of his involvement in religious activity at Yale from 1894-1923 and in YMCA work during the first World War. Henry Burt Wright was born in New Haven, Connecticut on January 29, 1877. He received the B.A. (1898) and Ph.D. (1903) degrees from Yale University. He was a professor at Yale from 1903-1923. He was active in Christian work among university students and in the work of...
Dates: 1728-1928
Found in: Yale Divinity Library > Henry Burt Wright Papers