Shailer Mathews

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Shailer Mathews

Religious Studies

#1686

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Theology

#1111

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Shailer Mathews's Degrees

• Bachelors Classics Colgate University
• Bachelors Theology Colgate University

Why Is Shailer Mathews Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Shailer Mathews was an American liberal Christian theologian, involved with the Social Gospel movement. Career Born on May 26, 1863, in Portland, Maine, and graduated from Colby College. Mathews was a progressive, advocating social concerns as part of the Social Gospel message, and subjecting biblical texts to scientific study, in opposition to contemporary conservative Christians. He incorporated evolutionary theory into his religious views, noting that the two were not mutually exclusive. He remained a devout Baptist for his entire life, and helped establish the Northern Baptist Convention, serving as its president in 1915. Mathews was a prolific author, served as president of the Chicago Society of Biblical Research twice , and also served as dean of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago . An endowed chair in his honor, the Shailer Mathews Professorship at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has recently been held by Franklin I. Gamwell and Hans Dieter Betz, and is currently held by Margaret M. Mitchell. He died on October 23, 1941. His ashes are interred in the crypt of First Unitarian Church of Chicago.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Shailer Mathews?

Shailer Mathews is affiliated with the following schools:

• Colgate University
• University of Chicago
• Colby College