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In 1914 he became a Methodist minister and undertook missionary work in Bolivia (1912–1915) and Chile (1916–1922), before completing a Doctor of Philosophy in practical theology in 1926 at the University of Chicago.
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He joined the faculty in 1926 and held the professorship from 1943. He was awarded emeritus status in 1954. Braden became known in particular for the study of new religious movements (NRM).
Born in Chanute, Kansas, to George Washington and Flora Birt Braden, Braden obtained his Bachelor in 1909 from Baker University, and his Bachelor's Degree in 1912 from Union Theological Seminary.
He also spent time at Columbia University (1911–1912). In 1926 he joined Northwestern as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1936 and professor in 1943.
In 1943 he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity (doctorate of divinity) from Baker University. Northwestern awarded him emeritus status in 1954.
Braden also held visiting professorships at Scripps College in Claremont, California (1954–1956) and at the Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, Texas (1954 and 1959).
In 1954 he held the Fondren lecturership at Scarritt College for Christian Workers in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1957 was a faculty member at the Evangelica de Teologia in Buenos Aires. Braden married Grace Eleanor McMurray (1888–1951) in 1911. The couple had two sons.
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