Background
Brown, Charles Reynolds was born on October 1, 1862 in Bethany, West Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Sarah J. Brown.
Brown, Charles Reynolds was born on October 1, 1862 in Bethany, West Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Sarah J. Brown.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Iowa, 1883, A.M., 1886. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1889, S.T.D., 1922. A.M., Yale, 1911, Doctor of Divinity, 1928.
Doctor of Divinity, Oberlin, 1912, Brown, 1914. Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan College, 1915, Boston University, 1937, Mills College, 1937. Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Vermont, 1926.
Pastor First Congressional Church, Oakland, California, 1896-1911. Dean Division School of Yale University, 1911-1928, emeritus dean since 1928. Professional study, Egypt and Palestine, 1897.
Special lecturer on ethics, Leland Stanford Junior U., 1899-1906. Lyman Beecher lecturer, Yale, 1905-1906, 1922-1923. Special lecturer, Cornell, 1909, Columbia, 1911.
Earl lecturer Pacific School of Religion, 1924. Ingersoll lecturer on Immortality, Harvard, 1920. John Calvin McNair lecturer University of North Carolina, 1926.
Fondren lecturer Southern Methodist U., 1936. Moderator National Council Congressional Church, 1913-1915.
Author: The Main Points, 1899. Social Message of the Modern Pulpit, 1906. The Strange Ways of God.The Young Man’s Affairs. Faith and Health, 1910. The Modern Man’s Religion, 1911.The Latent Energies in Life. 1912
The Quest of Life, 1913. Yale Talks, 1919
The Master’s Way, 1919.Living Again, 1920
The Religion of a Layman, 1921. The Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Century, 1921. The Art of Preaching, 1922.Why I Believe in Religion, 1923. What Is Your Name, 1924. Where Do You Live, 1925.Ten Short Stories from the Bible, 1925. These Twelve, 1926
The Making of a Minister, 1927. The Gospel for Main Street, 1929.My Own Yesterdays, 1931. Have We Outgrown Religion?, 1932. They Were Giants, 1934.Finding Ourselves, 1935. The Master’s Influence, 1936. Being Made Over, 1939.Dreams Come True, 1944.
Member Sigma Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. Mason (32°).
Married Alice Tufts, September 23, 1896.