Text transcribed from caption: P-31792 INDIA CHRISTIAN LEADER NAMED VISITING PROFESSOR NEW YORK -- Dr. J. Russell Chandran, principal of the United Theological College in Bangalore, India, has been appointed Henry W. Luce Visiting Professor of World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary in New York for 1964-65. Announcing the appointment, Dr. John C. Bennett, seminary president, hailed the Church of South India clergyman-educator as “one of the most influential Christian leaders in India.” Dr. Chandran has been a leader of Faith and Order activities of the World Council of Churches, serving as vice-president of the Faith and Order Commission. He is also a member of the WCC’s policy-making Central Committee. Principal of the Bangalore college, he also teaches systematic theology and Christian ethics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (US-NY-11A-64-NBM)

Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)

1964

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portraits

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photograph : black-and-white ; 7 1/4 x 5 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)--Faculty.
Chandran, J. Russell.
Church of South India--Clergy.
United Theological College (Bangalore, India)--Faculty.
World Council of Churches.

Clergy--India--Bangalore.
Theological seminaries--India--Bangalore.
Theological seminaries--New York (State)--New York.
College teachers--New York (State)--New York.

India
Bangalore.
New York (State)
New York.
New York (N.Y.)
North and Central America--United States--New York--New York

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. P-31792; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

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