Charles Reynolds Brown
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Charles Reynolds Brown was an American
Congregational clergy
man and educator, born in Bethany
, W. Va.
He graduated at the University of Iowa
in 1883 and studied theology
in Boston University
. He lectured at various times at Leland Stanford
, Yale
, Cornell
, and Columbia
universities, and was pastor
of the First Congregational Church at Oakland, Cal.
, from 1896 to 1911. In the latter year he became dean
of the Yale Divinity School
. He wrote:
United States
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Congregational clergy
Clergy
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man and educator, born in Bethany
Bethany, West Virginia
Bethany is a town in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 985 at the 2000 census. The Town of Bethany is home to Bethany College.-History:...
, W. Va.
West Virginia
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He graduated at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
in 1883 and studied theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
in Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. He lectured at various times at Leland Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, and Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
universities, and was pastor
Pastor
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of the First Congregational Church at Oakland, Cal.
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, from 1896 to 1911. In the latter year he became dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School
Yale Divinity School is a professional school at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. preparing students for ordained or lay ministry, or for the academy...
. He wrote:
- Two Parables (1898)
- The Main Points (1899)
- The Social Message of the Modern Pulpit (1906)
- The Strange Ways of God, a Study of the Book of Job (1908)
- The Gospel of Good Health (1908)
- Faith and Health (1910)
- The Cap and Gown (1910)
- The Modern Man's Religion (1911)
- The Quest of Life and Other Addresses (1913)
- Living Again (Ingersoll Lecture, 1920)
- Lincoln The Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Century (1922)
- My Own Yesterdays