RG 5 - JTSA. Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion Records
| Title: | Guid e to the JTSA. Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion Records. 1939-1977 (Bulk 1940-1968). |
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| Name(s): | Jewish Theological Seminary of America Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, creator | |
| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1939 | |
| Abstract/Description: | The records of the Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion 1939-1977, consists principally of files documenting the administration of each individual conference, 1940-1968 and stenographic reports of the proceedings of conference meetings and sessions, 1940-1968. Also included are administrative records from the period of the conference's creation, 1940-1941; questionnaire responses from conference members, 1942-1943; financial records of the conference, 1940-1957; and the permanent administrative files of the conference, 1940-1977. The stenographic reports of the conference sessions form a complete record of the organization's proceedings over the course of its development, and thus are particularly valuable. | |
| Note(s): |
JTSA. Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion Records, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., R.G.5, (Box #, Folder #). Funding for the retrospective conversion of the original finding aid documents to produce this guide using Archivists’ Toolkit was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion and Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, Inc. was founded in 1940 by 79 leading American intellectuals including Louis Finkelstein, Harold D. Lasswell, Mortimer J. Adler, Paul Tillich, Robert M. MacIver, Van Wyck Brooks, Franz Boas, Enrico Fermi, I.I. Rabi, and Pitirim Sorokin. Originating in a meeting of academics and seminary presidents called by Jewish Theological Seminary president (later chancellor) Louis Finkelstein in November, 1939, the conference constituted a response to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. Its founding members and their successors sought to create a framework for the preservation of democracy and intellectual freedom through the collaboration of scholars from a wide variety of disciplines in the sciences and humanities. Conference members, many of whom blamed the development of "value-free" scholarship for the rise of European fascism, additionally hoped to synthesize traditional values and academic scholarship. English, Hebrew. |
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| Subject(s): |
Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991 Feingold, Jessica Columbia University Harvard University Jewish Theological Seminary of America Loyola University Chicago University of Chicago Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life. Conference proceedings Intergroup relations Race relations |
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| Library Classification: | R.G.5 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | Jewish Theological Seminary records are available for research, with permission, through 1972; records dating from 1973 and afterward are currently closed. For permission to see records of The Jewish Theological Seminary write to: Archivist, Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 or E-mail: archives@jtsa.edu. Reproduction of fragile items is not permitted; consult the archivist about literary rights. | |
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