Howard Thurman's close relationship to Quakers dates back to 1929 when, he began independent study at Haverford College with Rufus M. Since then, twelve other titles have been added to the Thurman paperback series. In 1953, he became Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University (1953-65).įriends United Press and Howard Thurman began their association in 1971 with the paperback edition of The Inward Journey. After serving on the faculty of Howard University as Professor the Theology and Dean of Rankin Chapel (1932-1944), he moved to San Francisco to help found the intercultural and interdenominational Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. He then became a special student of philosophy in residence at Haverford College with Rufus Jones, the noted Quaker philosopher and mystic. Howard Thurman was graduated from Morehouse College and from Colgate-Rochester Theological Seminary. To be in his presence was to experience the drama of life itself-with all its attending conflicts-and to be carried beyond these realities to the Reality of a gracious God whose will is life and wholeness. When Howard Thurman spoke, he filled the entire room with compassion, truth, keen intellect, and joy.
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