Sylvester Paul Schilling

Background

Schilling, Sylvester Paul was born on February 7, 1904 in Cumberland, Maryland, United States. Son of Sylvester and Ida Christina (Weber) Schilling.

Education

Bachelor of Science, St. John's College, 1923. AM, Boston University, 1927. STB, Boston University, 1929.

Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1934.

Career

Pastor, Methodist Church, Vienna, Virginia, 1932-1933; assistant pastor, Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, Baltimore, 1933-1936; pastor, Methodist Church, Prince Frederick, Maryland., 1936-1940; pastor, Brookland Methodist Church, Washington, 1940-1945; professor systematic theology and philosophy of religion, Westminster (Maryland.) Theological Seminary, 1945-1953; professor systematic theology, Boston University, 1953-1969; chairman, division theological studies, Boston University, 1954-1969; professor emeritus, Boston University, since 1969. Chairman of the Board world peace committee Baltimore Conference Methodist Churches, Maryland., District of Columbia, West Virginia, 1939-1947, president, board of education, 1948-1953. Visiting professor theology Union Theological Seminary, Manila, 1969-1970, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, 1970-1973, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois, 1974, Andover Newton (Massachusetts) Theological School, 1978-1981.

Chairman world peace committee Washington Federation of Churches, 1942-1945.

Achievements

• Sylvester Paul Schilling has been listed as a noteworthy Pastor, religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Faith We Sing

    (In this rediscovery of the meaning behind the songs of wo...)

  • God in an age of atheism

    (Book by Schilling, S. Paul)

  • God incognito

    (Book by Schilling, S. Paul)

  • Isaiah Speaks

    (Paperback)

  • Isaiah speaks
  • Contemporary Continental Theologians 1966
  • Methodism & Society in Theological Perspective (Methodism & Society, vol. 3)
  • God and human anguish
  • Contemporary Continental Theologians
  • GOD IN AN AGE OF ATHEISM

Membership

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Executive Board Cape Cod, Massachusetts chapter 1978-1988, Certified of Merit 1985), American Theological Society (president 1968-1969), American Philosophical Association.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Albright, 1930. Children: Robert Albright, Paula Carol Schilling Foreman.

Father:

Sylvester Schilling

Mother:

Ida Christina (Weber) Schilling

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Albright

child:

Robert Albright Schilling

child:

Paula Carol Schilling Foreman Schilling