Max Hunter Harrison (December 24, 1893 – 1986
[K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Former members of staff, p.1.]) was the Principal
[''The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad'', Volume 133, Missionary herald, 1937, p.315]
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United Theological College (UTC) is an Eccumenical Christian seminary founded in 1910 situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological University, the Senate of Seramp ...
, the only autonomous College under the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University).
Studies
Harrison graduated from Knox College majoring in Mathematics
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and Greek. He then enrolled for a spiritual course at the Andover Newton Theological School
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, Newton
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where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree. He later studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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and the Harvard Divinity School. His dissertation was later published with the title, ''Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them''.[Max Hunter Harrisonm, ''Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them'', Oxford University Press, 1932]
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Principalship
In 1937, Harrison was appointed as the Principal of the Seminary
Writings
* 1932, ''Hindu Monism and Pluralism as Found in the Upanishads and in the Philosophies Dependent Upon Them''[M. H. Harrison, ''The place of Old Testament studies in Indian theological education'', ''Indian Journal of Theology'', Volume 5.1 (Mar. 1956): 1-]
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* 1957, ''After Ten Years''.[M. H. Harrison, ''After Ten Years''. Cited in Yorke Allen, ''A Seminary Survey: A Listing and Review of the Activities of the Theological Schools and Major Seminaries Located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America which are Training Men to Serve as Ordained Ministers and Priests in the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Churches'', Harper, 1960, ]
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References
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Indian Christian theologians
Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)
1893 births
1986 deaths
Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
Harvard Divinity School alumni
Knox College (Illinois) alumni
Andover Newton Theological School alumni