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[[File:Heikki-Waris-Douglas-Steere.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Douglas V. Steere (right) with the Finnish sociologist Heikki Waris in the 1950s.]] |
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'''Douglas Van Steere''' (1901–1995) was an American [[Quaker]] ecumenist. He was born on August 31, 1901 in [[Harbor Beach, Michigan]] and died February 16, |
'''Douglas Van Steere''' (1901–1995) was an American [[Quaker]] ecumenist. He was born on August 31, 1901 in [[Harbor Beach, Michigan]] and died February 16, 1995. |
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He served as a professor of philosophy at [[Haverford College]] from 1928 to 1964 and visiting professor of theology at [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] from 1961 to 1962. Steere organized Quaker post-war relief work in [[Finland]], [[Norway]] and [[Poland]], was invited to participate as an ecumenical observer in the [[Second Vatican Council]] and co-founded the [[Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality]]. He authored, edited, translated and wrote introductions for many books on Quakerism, as well as other religions and philosophy.<ref>[http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HAVERFORD_USPHCHCColl1174 ''Douglas Steere biography from Pascal'']</ref> |
He served as a professor of philosophy at [[Haverford College]] from 1928 to 1964 and visiting professor of theology at [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] from 1961 to 1962. Steere organized Quaker post-war relief work in [[Finland]], [[Norway]] and [[Poland]], was invited to participate as an ecumenical observer in the [[Second Vatican Council]] and co-founded the [[Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality]]. He authored, edited, translated and wrote introductions for many books on Quakerism, as well as other religions and philosophy.<ref>[http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_HAVERFORD_USPHCHCColl1174 ''Douglas Steere biography from Pascal'']</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:11, 7 December 2014
Douglas Van Steere (1901–1995) was an American Quaker ecumenist. He was born on August 31, 1901 in Harbor Beach, Michigan and died February 16, 1995.
He served as a professor of philosophy at Haverford College from 1928 to 1964 and visiting professor of theology at Union Theological Seminary from 1961 to 1962. Steere organized Quaker post-war relief work in Finland, Norway and Poland, was invited to participate as an ecumenical observer in the Second Vatican Council and co-founded the Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality. He authored, edited, translated and wrote introductions for many books on Quakerism, as well as other religions and philosophy.[1]
Steere was an undergraduate at Michigan State University, received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1931, and was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, receiving degrees from Oxford in 1927 and 1954. He corresponded often with Thomas Merton, a popular trapist monk.[2]
In 1987, he was awarded the Decoration of Knight 1st Class of the White Rose of Finland, in recognition of his post-war relief work in that country.[3]
Bibliography
- Prayer and worship, 1938
- On beginning from within, 1943
- Doors into life, 1948
- Purity of Heart, by Søren Kierkegaard, transl., 1938, 1948
- Time to spare, 1949
- On listening to another, 1955
- Work and contemplation, 1957
- Dimensions of prayer, 1962
- Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings, ed. with Elizabeth Gray Vining, 1983
References
Further reading
- "The Open Life" – William Penn Lecture 1937 by Douglas V. Steere
- Love at the Heart of Things: a biography of Douglas V. Steere, by E. Glenn Hinson. 1998
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