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Coffin, Henry Sloane

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Coffin, Henry Sloane (1877-1954)

US clergyman and educator. An evangelical liberal, who studied for a divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary in 1900, he held Presbyterian pastorates from 1904-26. As president of Union Seminary from 1926-45 he promoted open inquiry into theological issues. His Religion Yesterday and Today appeared in 1940.

He was born in New York City. He graduated from Yale in 1897 and then studied abroad for two years. He retired in 1945 but remained active as a lecturer and preacher.



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