Background
Hutchison, William Robert was born on May 21, 1930 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Ralph Cooper and Harriet (Thompson) Hutchison.
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Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal
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In this groundbreaking and timely history, an eminent historian of religion chronicles America’s struggle to fulfill the promise of religious toleration enshrined in our Constitution. William Hutchison shows that as Catholics, Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others emerged to challenge the Protestant mainstream, we have expanded our understanding of what it means to be a religiously diverse country. This landmark study addresses a topic that is both central to American history and relevant to pressing current debates. . . . Stimulating, illuminating, and provocative.”Mark Noll A fascinating account of how religious pluralism, a pluralism that now accepts the most distant stretches of religious diversity, has become institutionalized in the United States.”Nathan Glazer Rich and engaging.”Thomas C. Berg, Christian Century Hutchison’s history is learned and accessible. In its use of cultural evidenceincluding political cartoons, gospel lyrics, portraits, and photographsit is even entertaining. . . . More importantly, at all points it is clear.”Erin Leib, New York Sun
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Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions
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In this comprehensive history of American foreign-mission thought from the colonial period to the current era, William R. Hutchinson analyzes the varied and changing expressions of an American "sense of mission" that was more than religious in its implications. His account illuminates the dilemmas intrinsic to any venture in which one culture attempts to apply its ideals and technology to the supposed benefit of another.
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Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal by Hutchison, William R. (2004) Paperback
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Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by Hutchison, William R. (1993) Paperback
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Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions Paperback - November 1, 1993
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American Protestant Thought: the Liberal Era
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Transcendentalist Ministers: Church Reform in the New England Renaissance
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This book, awarded the Brewer Prize by the American Society of Church History, is a study of the efforts of the Transcendentalists of the New England Renaissance to reform the Unitarian Church. Scholarly interpreters have, in general, agreed on the basic religious orientation of the Transcendentalist Movement. Mr. Hutchison, however, believes that it was far more than a tendency to appraise the universe in terms of an intuitive faith. Most of the men closely associated with the Movement in New England were Unitarian ministers, and he has concentrated on their attempt to apply transcendental thinking to theology and to the everyday problems of the parish ministry. At the same time he has produced a sympathetic appraisal of the conservative Unitarian position in his review of the so-called Transcendentalist Controversy. Yale Historical Publications, Miscellany 71. Mr. Hutchison is associate professor of American civilization at The American University in Washington, D.C.
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The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism
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This landmark study of American religion, recipient of the National Religious Book Award in 1976, is being brought back into print with an updated bibliography. The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism traces the history of American Protestant thought from the early part of the nineteenth century to the present. William R. Hutchison deals especially with the "modernist" movement that flourished in the years around 1900, and with the colorful personalities and disputes associated with that movement.
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- The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism (Galaxy Books) (This landmark study of American religion, recipient of th...)
- The Transcendentalist Ministers;: Church Reform in the New England Renaissance, by William R. Hutchison (1983-12-03)
- The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism by William R. Hutchison (1992-04-30)
- Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by William R. Hutchison (1993-11-01)
- Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions (In this comprehensive history of American foreign-mission...)
William Robert Hutchison
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William Robert Hutchison, American History educator. Recipient Brewer prize American Society Church History, 1957; Guggenheim fellow,1960-1961; fellow Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard, 1966-1967; Fulbright Senior Research scholar Free U., Berlin, 1976; Fulbright Distinguished lecturer in American history India, summer 1981; FulbrightWestern European Regional Research grantee, 1987.
Education
Bachelor, Hamilton College, 1951; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hamilton College, 1991; Bachelor (Fulbright scholar), University of Oxford, 1953; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1956; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1968.
Career
Instructor history Hunter College, 1956-1958. Associate professor American studies American University, 1958-1964, professor history and American studies, 1964-1968. Charles Warren professor history of religion in American Harvard University, 1968—2000.
Master Winthrop House, 1974-1979. Charles Warren research professor, from 2000. Visiting associate professor history University Wisconsin, 1963-1964.
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Transcendentalist Ministers: Church Reform in the New England Renaissance
( This book, awarded the Brewer Prize by the American Soc...)
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Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal
( In this groundbreaking and timely history, an eminent h...)
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The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism (Galaxy Books)
( This landmark study of American religion, recipient of ...)
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The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism
( This landmark study of American religion, recipient of ...)
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Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions
( In this comprehensive history of American foreign-missi...)
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Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions
( In this comprehensive history of American foreign-missi...)
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American Protestant Thought: the Liberal Era
(Theology)
- Religious Pluralism in America: The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal by Hutchison, William R. (2004) Paperback
- Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by Hutchison, William R. (1993) Paperback
- The Transcendentalist Ministers;: Church Reform in the New England Renaissance, by William R. Hutchison (1983-12-03)
- The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism by William R. Hutchison (1992-04-30)
- Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions Paperback - November 1, 1993
- Errand to the World: American Protestant Thought and Foreign Missions by William R. Hutchison (1993-11-01)
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Transcendentalist Ministers: Church Reform in the New England Renaissance
Membership
Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, American Studies Association, American Society Church History (president 1981), Unitarian Universalist History Society, Massachusetts History Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Virginia Quay, August 16, 1952. Children: Joseph Cooper, Catherine Eaton, Margaret Sidney, Elizabeth Quay.
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1951
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1991
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1953
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1957
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1956
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1968
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1956 - 1958
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1968
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1974 - 1979
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Recipient Brewer prize American Society Church History, 1957. American Religious Book award, 1976. Guggenheim fellow, 1960-1961. Fellow Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard, 1966-1967. Fulbright Senior Research scholar Free University, Berlin, 1976. Fulbright Distinguished lecturer in American history India, summer 1981, United States Information Agency lecturer East Asia and Pacific, 1983. Fulbright Western European Regional Research grantee, 1987. Fulbright Distinguished lecturer in American historical and relations, Indonesia, 1993. Olaus Petri lecturer, Uppsala University (Sw.), 1996.Recipient Brewer prize American Society Church History, 1957. American Religious Book award, 1976. Guggenheim fellow, 1960-1961.
Fellow Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard, 1966-1967. Fulbright Senior Research scholar Free University, Berlin, 1976. Fulbright Distinguished lecturer in American history India, summer 1981, United States Information Agency lecturer East Asia and Pacific, 1983.
Fulbright Western European Regional Research grantee, 1987. Fulbright Distinguished lecturer in American historical and relations, Indonesia, 1993. Olaus Petri lecturer, Uppsala University (Sw.), 1996.