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Langdon Gilkey
American theologian (1919–2004)
Langdon Gilkey | |
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| Born | Langdon Brown Gilkey (1919-02-09)February 9, 1919 |
| Died | November 19, 2004(2004-11-19) (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Columbia University |
| Institutions | Yenching University, University of Chicago Divinity School, University of Utrecht Kyoto University |
Langdon Brown Gilkey (February 9, 1919 – November 19, 2004)[1] was an American Protestantecumenicaltheologian.
Early life and education
A grandson of Clarence Talmadge Brown, the first Protestant minister to gather a congregation in Salt Lake City, Gilkey grew up in Hyde Park, Chicago. His father Charles Whitney Gilkey was a liberal theologian and the first Dean of the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel; his mother was Geraldine Gunsaulus Brown who was a well known feminist and leader of the YWCA.[2]
Gilkey attended elementary school at the University of Chicago Laboratory