Christopher Morse papers, 1960 -- 2012
Summary Information
Abstract
At a Glance
- Bib ID:
- 11985891 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Morse, Christopher (Christopher L.)
- Repository:
- Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
- Physical Description:
- 6.75 linear feet (6.75 linear feet; 13 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
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This collection contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.
The following boxes are located offsite: all boxes except Series 6. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance.
Description
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, research files, publications, administrative materials, and audio cassettes.
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Series 1: Scholarship, 1968 -- 2007
This series contains materials related to Morse's scholarship, including academic papers, lectures, research resources, as well as papers by others and annotated by Morse.
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Series 2: Publications, 1981 -- 2012
This series contains publications and includes galleys, notes, research materials, and critiques of works by Morse as well as contributory materials to these works including drafts and research initiatives. Also included in this series is work published by other authors, some for which Dr. Morse provided critiques.
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Series 3: Union Theological Seminary, Administrative, 1960 -- 2012
This series contains material related to Morse's activities at UTS, including accreditation notes, matriculation records, letters of reference, annual reports, exchange program notes, as well as UTS lecture series notes and papers related to the Bonhoeffer professorship.
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Series 4: Correspondence, 1979 -- 1994
This series contains correspondence related to the establishment of the Bonhoeffer Memorial Chair and other events, including church bulletins and wedding services.
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Series 5: Subject files, 1967 -- 2006
This series contains specialized subject files and includes papers and correspondence with the topics of prison ministry, feminism and theology, Peter Heltzel, Barth, G. Sauter, Outka and additionally a 'Faith and order project;' these are topics of interest coextensive with Dr. Morse's scholarship but distinct enough to identify as subjects of interest of their own.
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Series 6: Audiovisual materials, 1982 -- 1996
This series contains audio cassettes created by Dr. Morse that contain recordings of lectures, radio interviews and liturgical related materials.
Burke Library record group:
Union Theological Seminary Archives: UTS 1, papers of faculty and students
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in six series: Series 1: Scholarship; Series 2: Publications; Series 3: Union Theological Seminary, Administrative; Series 4: Correspondence; Series 5: Subject files; and Series 6: Audiovisual materials.
- Series 1: Scholarship, 1968 -- 2007
- Series 2: Publications, 1981 -- 2012
- Series 3: Union Theological Seminary, Administrative, 1960 -- 2012
- Series 4: Correspondence, 1979 -- 1994
- Series 5: Subject files, 1967 -- 2006
- Series 6: Audiovisual materials, 1982 -- 1996
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This collection contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.
The following boxes are located offsite: all boxes except Series 6. Please note that requests for use of boxes held in offsite storage must be made three business days in advance.
Conditions Governing Use
The collection is subject to copyright by the donor. Information concerning copyright, fair use, and reproduction requests can be consulted at Columbia's Copyright Advisory Office.
Preferred Citation
Item description, UTS1: Christopher Morse papers, 1960-2012, series #, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Christopher Morse in consultation with his estate planners in 2013.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Processing Information
Metal clips were removed from materials and folded items were flattened. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. Acidic items were separated from one another by interleaving with acid-free paper as needed. Cassettes without plastic crystal cases were housed in acid free envelopes. The finding aid was created by Paul Paulson in 2016 with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, and edited by Leah Edelman in 2024.
Revision Description
2024-04-02 PDF converted to EAD and description updated by Leah Edelman.
Biographical / Historical
Christopher Morse was born in Virginia in 1935. He received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Randolph-Macon College in 1959 where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He then received a Master's in Divinity from Yale Divinity School in 1962, studied at the University of Mainz in Germany in 1971, and received his Master's in Sacred Theology from UTS in 1968 before going on to pursue his Ph.D. at Union, earning that degree in 1976. Dr. Morse spent the majority of his career at Union Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church with a specialization is in systematic theology. Morse published a number of books including The Difference Heaven Makes: Rehearing the Gospel as News, The Logic of Promise in Moltmann's Theology and Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Christian Disbelief. His major published work, one that has been used in many schools and seminaries, is a text on Christian doctrine titled Not Every Spirit: A Dogmatics of Christian Disbelief. In addition to his academic affiliations, Morse is a member of The New Haven Theological Discussion Group, The Duodecim Society and past president of The American Theological Society. Morse held the Bonhoeffer chair in Theology and Ethics at Union from 1996 to 2009. He presented lectures and papers worldwide including lectures on "Bonhoeffer's Theological legacy" at the Union Theological Society of the West Indies in Kingston Jamaica in 2004 and "Dogmatics and American Politics" at Neskrikja Church in Reykjavik, Iceland. Dr. Morse is Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics, Union Theological Seminary.
Subject Headings
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