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| Title: | Gilkey, Langdon. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1921-2004 |
| Size: | 11 linear feet (23 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Langdon Brown Gilkey taught at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago from 1963 until his retirement in 1989. He was a prominent protestant theologian, an expert on the relation between science and religion, and a key respondent to the rise of intelligent design as a way of teaching creationism. During 1940-1945 he taught at Yenching University (now part of Peking University) in Beijing, China, then occupied by the Japanese, and from 1943 to 1945 he was interned along with other Allied civilians at the Weihsien Internment Camp (or Weihsien Civilian Assembly Center). The collection contains official and personal correspondence, notes, manuscripts and typescripts, newspaper clippings, postcards, periodicals and other publications, photographs, and administrative documents dating between 1934 and 2004. The bulk of the material dates between 1940-1945 and 1954-2004. The papers primarily document Langdon Gilkey’s life in China during the Second World War and his professional career as theologian, academician, and professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and other institutions. |
Series VI of the collection contains evaluative student materials, which are restricted for eighty years after the date of record creation.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Gilkey, Langdon. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Langdon Brown Gilkey (b. 1919 and d. 2004) was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Rev. Charles W. Gilkey (1882-1968), was chaplain of the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago and Associate Dean of the Divinity School. Langdon Gilkey acquired his A.B. from Harvard University in 1940 and a joint Ph.D. from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in 1954. Gilkey taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York from 1949 to 1950, Vassar College from 1951 to 1954, and Vanderbilt University from 1954 to 1963. In July 1963 he was appointed to the faculty of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. After his retirement in 1989, Gilkey taught periodically at the University of Virginia and Georgetown University.
From 1940 to 1942, Gilkey taught at Yenching University (now part of Peking University) in Beijing, China, which was then occupied by the Japanese. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan formally entered in to war, and Gilkey was interned along with other Allied civilians by the Japanese in the Weihsien Internment Camp in Shandong, China from 1943 until the end of the war; this act may be seen as a retaliation to the forceful relocation of Japanese Americans by the United States. Gilkey discussed the formative impact of this experience in Shantung Compound: The Story of Men and Women Under Pressure (1968), and he revisited the compound in 1995.
A prominent American Protestant Theologian, Langdon Gilkey authored fifteen books and several hundred scholarly articles during his career. He systematically outlined his theology in three major works: Naming the Whirlwind: The Renewal of God-Language (1969), Repeating the Whirlwind: A Christian Interpretation of History (1976), and Message and Existence: An Introduction to Christian Theology (1979). He is best known for his writings on science and religion, including Creationism on Trial: God at Little Rock (1985) that builds upon his testimony at McLean v. Arkansas, a landmark case on the teaching of creationism in public schools. Gilkey wrote authoritatively on twentieth-century theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich; both were his teachers at Union Theological Seminary. Gilkey also fostered exchanges between theological traditions. He offered a Protestant perspective on the theological movements of Vatican II in Catholicism Confronts Modernity (1975). He authored articles and reviews on Christian-Buddhist dialogues and taught at Kyoto University in Japan in 1975.
The Langdon Gilkey Papers are organized into six series: Series I: Personal; Series II: Correspondence; Series III: Teaching; Series IV: Writings and Research; Series V: Audio-Visual; and Series VI: Restricted. The collection contains official and personal correspondence, notes, manuscripts and typescripts, newspaper clippings, postcards, periodicals and other publications, photographs, and administrative documents dating between 1934 and 2004. The bulk of the material dates between 1940-1945 and 1954-2004. The papers primarily document Langdon Gilkey’s life in China during the Second World War and his professional career as theologian, academician, and professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and other institutions.
Series I, Personal, contains materials primarily related to Gilkey’s pre-professional life and personal activities. Highlights of the series are materials documenting Langdon Gilkey’s activities in Japanese-occupied China during the Second World War from 1940-1945. These materials include letters between Gilkey and his family. Many of them show the difficult modes of communication between Allied-controlled and occupied territories during the Second World War; after Pearl Harbor, Gilkey had to rely on middlepersons or the Red Cross to contact his family. Also notable are records of the kitchen of the Weihsien Internment Camp (1943-1945); the Japanese let the civilian internees govern the Camp by themselves, and from 1943 to 1945 Gilkey worked as a manager of the Camp’s kitchen. Also included are pamphlets, maps, and other materials related to Yenching University (now part of Peking University). This series also includes some of Charles Gilkey’s papers.
Series II, Correspondence, contains Gilkey’s letters from and to his professional colleagues, including his past students, and other academic institutions. Due to their evaluative nature, letters of recommendation are included in Series VI, restricted. Gilkey’s personal correspondence from China is included in Series I, Personal.
Series III, Teaching, contains Gilkey’s lecture notes, syllabi, and other materials related to his teaching at Union Theological Seminary, Vassar College, Vanderbilt University, the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, the University of Virginia, and Georgetown University. It also contains materials documenting Gilkey’s teaching at Japan (1975) and Hong Kong (2001-2002).
Series IV, Writings and Research, constitutes the bulk of the collection. It mainly consists of Gilkey’s writings in a variety of formats: notes, conference presentations, articles, talks, speeches, sermons, and court testimonials. It also includes his collection of academic essays, articles, and periodicals, as well as the travel documents, pamphlets, and correspondence specifically related to the academic events he attended. Highlights of this series are drafts of Gilkey’s publications and different versions of his articles or conference presentations.
Series V, Audio-Visual, consists of portraits of Gilkey and a few unidentified photographs, which could be family pictures.
Series VI: Restricted, contains Gilkey’s evaluated work from college and graduate school, and student grades, letters of recommendation, and other evaluative materials from his teaching. Materials are restricted for eighty years after the date of record creation.
Gilkey, Charles Whitney Papers
Series I: Personal |
This series mainly documents Gilkey’s pre-Professional life and personal activities. It also includes Charles Gilkey’s correspondence in relation to Langdon Gilkey’s activities in China, as well as Charles Gilkey’s papers. Materials are ordered chronologically.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | College and Graduate School Papers, circa 1933-1948 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Correspondence from China [1/3], 1940 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Correspondence from China [2/3], 1941 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Correspondence from China [3/3], 1942-1495 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Writings in China, 1942 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Weihsien Internment Camp Records [1/2], 1943-1944 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Weihsien Internment camp Records [2/2], 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | “Life in an Internment Camp,” 1945 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Correspondence of Charles Gilkey, 1928-1945 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Charles Gilkey’s Papers, 1921-70 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Harvard 25th Reunion, 1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Koinonia Partners, Brochures and Newsletters, 1973-1975 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | The University of Chicago Magazine, 1983 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Memorial Service for Ioan Culianu, University of Chicago, 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Miscellaneous materials on health and medicine, 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | “Fifty Years Later: Shantung Compound Revisited,” 1995 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Newspaper Clipping – The Highlander, 1996 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Newspaper Clipping – Washington Post, 1999 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | News Paper Clipping – The New York Times, 1999 |
Series II: Correspondence |
This series mainly contains Gilkey’s correspondence with professional colleagues and academic institutions. Materials are ordered according to the last names of the correspondents.
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Anderson, Per, 1990 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Bessler, 1990-1997 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Billington, John, 1993-1994 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Brown, Charles, 1989 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1993 |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Christopherson, John, 1993 |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Creel, Austin B., 1990-1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Deschich, Carol, 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | Hartshorne, Charles, 1965 |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Hefner, Philip, 1994-1995 |
| Box 2 Folder 21 | Hendricks, Charles, 1990 |
| Box 2 Folder 22 | Hersey, John, 1984-1985 |
| Box 2 Folder 23 | Hoshinski, Thomas, 1986 |
| Box 2 Folder 24 | Lippitz, Charles, 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 25 | Mamouth College, 1992 |
| Box 2 Folder 26 | NEH Institute, 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 27 | O’Brien, Bill, 1993 |
| Box 2 Folder 28 | Ogletree, T.W., 1969 |
| Box 2 Folder 29 | Olivetti, Marco M., 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 30 | Pasewark, Kyle, 1993-1995 |
| Box 2 Folder 31 | Payne, Richard J, 1986 |
| Box 2 Folder 32 | Pool, Jeff D., 1994-1995 |
| Box 2 Folder 33 | Pultz, David, 1996 |
| Box 2 Folder 34 | Reeves, Gene, 1995 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Rike, Jennifer, 1995-1996 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Scharf, Uwe Carsten, 1993-1994 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Starr, Cole, 1996-1997 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Sifton, Elisabeth, 1997 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Spahn, Jeffrey, 1992 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Stetson University, 1992-1993 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Vahanian, Gabriel, 1996 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Wilson, Richard F, 2003 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1990-1998 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Summer Correspondence, 1992 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1993-1996 |
Series III: Teaching |
This series contains Gilkey’s lecture notes, syllabi, and other materials related to his teaching. Materials are grouped according to the related courses and institutions and are ordered chronologically.
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Vanderbilt University – Seminar on Augustine, 1955 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Vanderbilt University and University of Chicago – “History of Christine Doctrine,” 1955, 1964 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Vanderbilt University – Lectures for Ministers Conference, 1955-57 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Vanderbilt University – Seminars on Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich, 1956-1961 |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Vanderbilt University – “The Church and the World,” 1958, 1962 |
| Box 3 Folder 17 | Vanderbilt University and the University of Chicago – “History of Christian Doctrine,” 1959, 1969 |
| Box 3 Folder 18 | Vanderbilt University – Courses on Luther and Calvin, 1962-1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 19 | Vanderbilt University – REL 356 “Development of Liberal Theology,” 1963 |
| Box 3 Folder 20 | University of Chicago – “The Nature of the Church,” 1962-75 |
| Box 3 Folder 21 | University of Chicago – “History of Christian Thought,” 1965 |
| Box 3 Folder 22 | University of Chicago and University of Virginia – Miscellaneous, 1966-93 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | University of Chicago – CT 315/CT 461 “Problematic Theology/Issues and Problems in Contemporary Theology,” 1969-1972 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | University of Chicago – “Philosophy of Religion II,” circa 1970 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | University of Chicago – Courses on Alfred North Whitehead, 1972-1976 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | University of Chicago – “Religious Thoughts to 1500,” 1975 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | University of Chicago – CT 305 “Introduction to Theology,” 1976-1980 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | University of Chicago – “Theology of History II,” 1976 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | University of Chicago – Courses on Niebuhr, 1977-1984 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | University of Chicago – “History, Historicity, and Narrative,” 1978-1983 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | University of Chicago – SC 321 “Religion and Modern Culture,” 1983, 1986 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | University of Chicago – Various Lecture Notes, 1984-1987 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | University of Chicago – CT 457 “Religion and Science” |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | University of Chicago – CT 405 “Søren Kierkegaard,” 1986-1987 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | University of Chicago – “Doctrine of God” and “God and other Religions,” 1987 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | University of Chicago – CT 499 “Religion and the Religious,” 1988 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | University of Chicago – Teaching Notes, 1990 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | University of Virginia – RELG 565 “Theology of Augustine,” 1991-1996 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | University of Virginia – RELG 562 “The Development of Liberal Theology,” 1993 |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | University of Virginia – Theology 320 “The Issue of Religious Pluralism,” 1993 |
| Box 4 Folder 19 | University of Virginia – RELG 565 “The Philosophy of Whitehead,” 1994 |
| Box 4 Folder 20 | Lecture at George Washington University, 1994 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Courses on Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr at Various Institutions, 1995-1999 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Georgetown University et al – “Religion and Science,” 1995-1999 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Georgetown University – Theology 320 “Pluralism,” 1995-1997 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | University of Virginia – Theology 138/Religion 347 “Religion and Science,” 1997-1998 |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Lecture Notes for Teaching in Japan, 1973-1975 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Teaching Materials for Seminars in Japan, circa 1975 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Chung Chi College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong – RST 2232 “God, Creation, and Eschatology,” 2001-2002 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Lecture on Reinhold Niebuhr, 2001 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | “Secularism, Fundamentalism, and the Religious Dimension,” ND circa 2000s |
Series IV: Writings and Research |
This series mainly consists of Gilkey’s academic writings and other documents related to his professional activities. Materials in this series are ordered chronologically.
| Box 5 Folder 10 | “Leibniz and Santayana: a Rationalist and a Naturalist Compared,” 1940 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr, 1942-1945 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Notes on Alfred North Whitehead, 1948-1969 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Notes on Classical Backgrounds, circa 1950 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Luther Reading Notes, circa 1950 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Notes on John Dewey, circa 1950-1954 |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | “Maker of Heaven and Earth,” PhD Thesis [1/3], 1950-1954 |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | “Maker of Heaven and Earth,” PhD Thesis [2/3], 1950-1954 |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | “Maker of Heaven and Earth,” PhD Thesis [3/3], 1950-1954 |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Thesis Book I and Notes, 1952 |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Thesis Book I, 1950-1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Thesis Book II, 1950-1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 2 | Thesis Part III, 1950-1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | Thesis Part III, 1950-1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | Articles and Reviews at Vassar College, 1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Abstract of PhD Thesis, 1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Papers and Notes at Vassar College, 1954 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | Articles and Reviews at Vassar College, 1955 |
| Box 7 Folder 8 | Sermons, 1956-1992 |
| Box 7 Folder 9 | Articles and Reviews at Vanderbilt University, 1956 |
| Box 7 Folder 10 | Articles and Reviews at Vanderbilt University, 1958 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Christianity and Crisis Volume 20, 1960 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Two Essays on Biblical Theology, circa 1960 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Articles at Vanderbilt University, 1961-1962 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Articles and Reviews at Vanderbilt University, 1962 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Lectures on Romans in Nashville, 1962 |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | “The Idea of Providence in Contemporary Theology,” 1962-1963 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | “Holy, Holy, Holy,” 1963-1964 |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Original Manuscripts of New Published Materials, 1963-1969 |
| Box 8 Folder 9 | “Some Problems in the Concept of Providence,” circa 1963 |
| Box 8 Folder 10 | “How I am making up my mind,’ 1964-1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 11 | Article in The Baptist Student, 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 12 | “Dissolution and Reconstruction in Theology,” 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 13 | “Is God Dead?” 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 14 | Notes on Alfred North Whitehead, 1965-1983 |
| Box 8 Folder 15 | Preface to “Man is Estrangement,” 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 16 | Paul Tillich’s Christology, 1965-1980 |
| Box 8 Folder 17 | “Projection Theories and Magical Practices,” 1965-1988 |
| Box 8 Folder 18 | Review, Adams, Paul Tillich’s Philosophy of Culture, Science, and Religions, 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 19 | Review, Cobb, A Christian Natural Theology, 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 20 | Review, McKelway, The Systematic Theology of Paul Tillich, 1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 21 | “Secularism’s Impact on Contemporary Theology, “1965 |
| Box 8 Folder 22 | “The Darwinian Controversy and Christian Thought,” circa 1965 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | “The Implications for Theological Reflections of Scientific Breakthroughs,” circa 1965 |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Miscellaneous Articles, 1966-1975 |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Articles and Reviews, 1966-1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | “Religion and the Secular University,” 1966-1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Review, Löwith, Nature, History, and Existentialism, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | “Social and Intellectual Sources of Contemporary Protestant Theology in America,” 1966-1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | “The God is Dead Theology,” |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Time Magazine Articles, 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | “The Authority of the Bible,” 1966 |
| Box 9 Folder 10 | Articles and Reviews, 1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 11 | “Evolutionary Science and the Dilemma of Freedom and Determinism,” 1967-1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 12 | “Security and Modern Theology,” 1967 |
| Box 9 Folder 13 | “American Policy and the Just War,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 14 | “Modern Myth-Making and the Possibilities on the Twentieth-Century Theology,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 15 | “Morality and the Law,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 16 | Review, Jenkins, The Christian Belief in God, 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 17 | Review, Schubert, The Reality of God and Other Essays, 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 18 | “Student radicals are right,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 19 | “The Contribution of Culture to the Reign of God,” 1968-1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 20 | “The Idea of God from the Enlightenment to Modern Times,” 1968-1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 21 | “The Priesthood in the Modern World View,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 22 | “The Problem of God,” 1968-1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 23 | “The Religious Dimensions of the Secular,” 1968 |
| Box 9 Folder 24 | “Is Faith Possible in a Secular Age,” 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 25 | “Reflection on the End of an Era,” 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 26 | “Anatomy of Reconciliation,” 1969 |
| Box 9 Folder 27 | Letters and Unpublished Manuscripts, 1969-1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 1 | “The Future of Empirical Theology,” 1969 |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | “Trends in Protestant Apologetics,” 1969 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | “Biblical Symbols in a Scientific Culture,” 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Notes, 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Notes on Karl Barth, 1970-1991 |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | “Religious Dimensions of Scientific Inquiry,” 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Review, Rahner, Spirit in the World, 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | “That Mysterious Sleeping Dragon,” 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 9 | Theology in the Seventies, 1970 |
| Box 10 Folder 10 | “Comments on Emmanuel Levinas’s Tonalite et Infini,” 1970-1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 11 | “Process Theology,” 1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 12 | “The Role of Philosophy,” 1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 13 | “The Student Revolt,” 1971 |
| Box 10 Folder 14 | “Technology, History, and Liberation,” 1972-1973 |
| Box 10 Folder 15 | “The Myth of the Mythless Society,” 1972 |
| Box 10 Folder 16 | “To the Bennes: Presumptuous Comments on some of his paintings,” 1972 |
| Box 10 Folder 17 | Review, Dupre, The Other Dimension, 1972 |
| Box 10 Folder 18 | Review, Niebuhr, Experiential Religion, 1972 |
| Box 10 Folder 19 | “The Spirit and the Discovery of Truth through Dialogue,” 1972-1973 |
| Box 10 Folder 20 | Review, Pannenberg, Basic Questions in Theology, 1973-1974 |
| Box 10 Folder 21 | Speeches, 1973-1974 |
| Box 10 Folder 22 | “The Eternal God: Eternal Ground of New Possibilities,” 1973-1974 |
| Box 10 Folder 23 | “Theology in the Divinity School,” 1973 |
| Box 10 Folder 24 | “The Problem of a Nineteenth Century Theology,” 1973 |
| Box 10 Folder 25 | “The Structure of Academic Revolutions,” 1973 |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | “Reinhold Niebuhr’s Theology of History,” 1973-1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Review, Heilbroner, The Human Project, 1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | “Robert Heilbroner’s Vision of History,” 1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 4 | “The Meaning of Watergate,” 1974 |
| Box 11 Folder 5 | Lectures in Japan, 1975 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | “The Future of Science,” 1975 |
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Papers on Secularization,” 1976-1981 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | “The Contribution of Theology to the Comprehension of History,” 1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 9 | “The Dialectic of Christian Belief,” 1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 10 | “The Search for Meaning,” 1976 |
| Box 11 Folder 11 | Writings, 1976-1978 |
| Box 11 Folder 12 | Articles and Notes on Wilfred Cantwell Smith, 1977-1981 |
| Box 11 Folder 13 | Notes on Cosmologies, circa 1977-1986 |
| Box 11 Folder 14 | “Religion and the American Future,” circa 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | The Christian Century, containing exchanges between Langdon Gilkey and Avery Dulles, 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | “The Church and the University,” 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | “The Mystery of Being and Non-Being,” 1977 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | “Responses to Peter Berger,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | “The Political Dimensions of Theology,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | “The Uses of Phenomenology in Systematic Theology,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | “Towards a Redefinition of Universal Salvation in Christ,” 1978 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | Writings, 1978-1981 |
| Box 12 Folder 9 | Writings, 1978-1984 |
| Box 12 Folder 10 | “History, Providence, and the People of God,” circa 1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 11 | Papers on Religion and Science, 1979-1980 |
| Box 12 Folder 12 | “Scripture and History,” 1979 |
| Box 12 Folder 13 | “The AAR and the Anxiety of Non Being,” 1979 |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Arts of Ministry, 1989-1982 |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | “Church, University, and Culture in Nashville,” circa 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | “Is Religious Faith Possible in an Age of Science,” 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | “Lakatos and the Philosophy of Dubitability,” circa 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 5 | “Philosophy and Theology of History,” 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 6 | “Scripture, History, and the Quest for Meaning,” 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 7 | “The Khalsa Goes West,” 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 8 | “The Religious and Theological Dimensions of History,” 1980 |
| Box 13 Folder 9 | “Can Art fill the Vacuum?” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 10 | “How My Mind is Changing,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 11 | “Meditation on Death and its Relation to Life,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 12 | “Secularization,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 13 | Testimony, McLean v Arkansas, 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 14 | “The New Watershed in Theology,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 15 | “Theology for a Time of Troubles,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 16 | “The Protestant View of Sin,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 17 | “The Roles of the Descriptive or Historical and of the Normative in Our Work,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 18 | “The Vocation of the Theologies,” 1981 |
| Box 13 Folder 19 | Writings, 1981-1982 |
| Box 13 Folder 20 | “Creationism: the Roots of the Conflict,” 1982 |
| Box 13 Folder 21 | “Free Will and Evil: A Christian View in Response to Professor Abe’s Paper,” 1982-86 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Review, Nishitani, Religion and Nothingness, circa 1982 |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | Notes on Keiji Nishitani, 1982-1986 |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | “The Creationist Controversy,” 1982 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | “The Political Meaning of Silence,” 1982 |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | “Religion and Science in an Advanced Scientific Culture,” 1983-1987 |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Testimony and Correspondence related to Mueller v Allen, 1983 |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | “Theological Frontiers: Implications for Bioethics,” 1983 |
| Box 14 Folder 8 | “The Paradigm Shift in Theology,” 1983 |
| Box 14 Folder 9 | “The Relevance of Luther Today,” 1983 |
| Box 14 Folder 10 | “Culture and Religions Belief,” 1984 |
| Box 14 Folder 11 | “Events, Meaning, and the Current Tasks of Theology,” 1984 |
| Box 14 Folder 12 | Notes, 1984-1987 |
| Box 14 Folder 13 | Notes on Nature, 1984-1988 |
| Box 14 Folder 14 | Papers and Notes on Philosophy and Religion, 1984-1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Papers on Science, Theology, and Cosmology, 1984-1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Review, Medawar, The Limits of Science, 1984 |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | “The Christian Understanding of Suffering,” 1984 |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | “The Meaning of Jesus the Christ,” 1984 |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | “Theology of Culture and Christian Ethics,” 1984 |
| Box 15 Folder 6 | “Denying the Image,” 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 7 | Lectures on Science and Theology, circa 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 8 | “Plurality and its Theological Implications,” 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 9 | Proposal for A Handbook of Contemporary Christian Theologies, circa 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 10 | “Reinhold Niebuhr as Political Theologian,” 1985-1986 |
| Box 15 Folder 11 | “Religion and Culture: A Protestant Problem,” 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 12 | “Religion and Public Policy,” 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 13 | Speeches in China |
| Box 15 Folder 14 | “The Creationist Issue: A Theologian’s View,” circa 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 15 | “The Misunderstanding of the Image: Idealization,” 1985 |
| Box 15 Folder 16 | “The Pastoral Vocation in a Plural World,” 1985 |
| Box 16 Folder 1 | “A Retrospective Glance at My Work,” 1986 |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Articles and notes on Abe Masao and the Kyoto School, 1986-1989 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | “Basic Faith and the Special Traditions,” 1986 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | “Comments on Practical Theology,” 1986 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Review, Masao, Zen and Western Thought, 1986 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | “The Promise of Dialogue,” 1986 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | “Ethics,” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | “Nature as the Image of God,” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Notes on Søren Kierkegaard, up to 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 10 | Notes, Religion, and Science Conference, 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 11 | “Religion and Science in an Advance Scientific Culture,” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 12 | Reply to Reviews of Creationism on Trial, 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 13 | Review, Fox, Reinhold Niebuhr, 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 14 | Review, Tanabe, Philosophy as Metanoetics, 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 15 | “Science, Power, and the Ambiguity of History,” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 16 | “Tillich and the Kyoto School,” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 17 | “Whatever Happened to Immanuel Kant?” 1987 |
| Box 16 Folder 18 | “Augustine: Symbol and Source,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | “Biology, Ethics, and Theology,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | “Forgotten Traditions in the Clergy’s Self-Understanding,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | “Fundamentalism and Science,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | “Fundamentalism and Science,” Second Copy, 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Hong Kong Visit, 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Lectures and Talks on Nature, Creationism, Science, and the Ethics, 1988-1990 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | “The Need for a Liberal Education in a Scientific Culture,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | “Theodicy and Plurality,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 9 | “The Principle of Order in the West,” 1988 |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | Criterion, Volume 28 |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | “Nature, Reality, and the Sacred,” 1989 |
| Box 17 Folder 12 | Notes on Science, Religion, and Nature, 1989-1991 |
| Box 17 Folder 13 | “Report on Christian Theological Seminary,” 1989 |
| Box 17 Folder 14 | “Tenabe and the Philosophy of Religion,” 1989 |
| Box 17 Folder 15 | “The Influence of Science on Theology,” 1989 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | “Theological Comments on Job,” 1989 |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | “The Pluralism of Religions,” 1989 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Articles for The New Handbook of Christian Theology, 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | “Assessment of David Tracy’s Plurality and Ambiguity, 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | “Caring for Creation: The Roles of Religion and Science,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Convocation Speech at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | “Cosmos, Creationism, and Consciousness,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | “Human Existence, Selfishness, and Altruism,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | “Nature, the Human, and God,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | “The Church as a Theological Entity,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | “The Congregation as a Religious Community,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 12 | “The Congregation as a Religious Community, Part II,” 1991 |
| Box 18 Folder 13 | “Three Lectures on Science and Religion,” circa 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 14 | “To Karl-Hans,” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 15 | “What of Value does Religion have to say to Science?” 1990 |
| Box 18 Folder 16 | “Christian Faithfulness: Culture as Ally and Enemy,” 1991 |
| Box 18 Folder 17 | Conference Materials, SETI, 1991-1994 |
| Box 18 Folder 18 | Eric Fichner Files, 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Glassman, “Comments on Prof. Langdon Gilkey’s Theology and the Life Sciences,” 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Lectures at the Newman Theological College, 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | “Nature and Religion,” 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Paul Tillich: a new Catholic Assessment, drafts, correspondence, and other materials, 1991-1993 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | “Problems and Potentialities of Protestant Spirituality,” 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | “The Life Sciences and Theology,” 1991-1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | TV Series, “Space, Time, and God,” 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Vatican Observatory Conference, Rome, 1991 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | “Creation Order and Compassion,” 1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | Lecture at Lambuth University, 1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 11 | Lectures on Tillich at Universite Laval, Quebec, 1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | “New Directions,” 1992 |
| Box 19 Folder 13 | Reports on NASA’s HRMS Project, 1992-1993 |
| Box 19 Folder 14 | “Speaking of God in Our American Culture,” 1992 |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | “A Ramble on a Road Taken,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | “Beginnings and Endings,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | “Catholic Elements in Tillich’s Technology,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Essays by Holmes Rolston III, 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 5 | List of “Addresses on Religion and Science in the Light of the Creation issue,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | “Nature as the Image of God,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | Nature, Science, and the Sacred, drafts and related materials, 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | Drafts and Notes for Chapter VIII of Nature, Science, and the Sacred, 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | “The God of Nature,” 1993 |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | “Nature, Religion, and the Sacred,” circa 1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | Review, Hefner, The Human Factor, 1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | “The Christian, the University, and the Challenge of Ecology,” 1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | Raymond Brady Williams, “Swaminarayan Hindu Temple of Glen Ellyn,” circa 1994 |
| Box 20 Folder 14 | “An Open Letter to Christians on the Religious Right,” 1995 |
| Box 20 Folder 15 | “Plurality and its Theological Implications,” circa 1995 |
| Box 20 Folder 16 | “The Flight from Reason,” 1995 |
| Box 21 Folder 1 | Lecture at Brigham Young University, 1996 |
| Box 21 Folder 2 | “The Religious Right,” 1996 |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | Articles by Davidson Loehr, 1997-1998 |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | Kyle A Pasewark Files, 1997 |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | “Lay Leadership Institute,” Program, circa, 1997 |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | Sermon at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 1998 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | “The Crisis of Christianity in North America,” 1998 |
| Box 21 Folder 8 | “A Short Essay on Creationism and National Security,” 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 9 | “American Theology since Niebuhr and Tillich,” 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 10 | “An Introduction to Tillich,” 1999-2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 11 | “Reinhold Niebuhr,” 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 12 | Sermonettes and Lectures in Japan, 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 13 | “The Meaning and Relevance of Creation,” 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 14 | “The Religious Situation at the End of the Century,” 199 |
| Box 21 Folder 15 | “The Theology of Nature,” 1999 |
| Box 21 Folder 16 | On Niebuhr, related materials, 1999-2001 |
| Box 21 Folder 17 | “An Introduction to Tillich,” 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 18 | “History and Theology,” 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 19 | “Human Nature and Myth in the Age of Science,” 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 20 | Notes on Creationism, circa 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 21 | Notes on Tillich and Niebuhr, circa 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 22 | Notes, “Tillich, Myth, and Existence,” 2000 |
| Box 21 Folder 23 | “Community: Essential, Dangerous, and Creative,” 2001 |
| Box 21 Folder 24 | “The Meaning and Relevance of Creation,” 2001 |
| Box 21 Folder 25 | “Comments on ‘Constructing and Testing Theological Models,’” 2002 |
| Box 21 Folder 26 | “Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, and the Theological of Culture,” 2002 |
| Box 21 Folder 27 | Lectures at the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought, 2003 |
| Box 21 Folder 28 | “Society and Politics in the Early Niebuhr,” 2003 |
| Box 21 Folder 29 | “Secularism, Fundamentalism, and the Religious Dimension,” 2004 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | “Arete” Articles, N.D. |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Draft, unidentified typescript, N.D. |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Folder “Footnotes,” N.D. |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Papers, N.D. |
Series V: Audio-Visual |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Photographs of Langdon Gilkey, 1934-1980 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Framed Photograph, circa. 1970 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Photographs, circa 1971 |
Series VI: Restricted |
This series consists of student grades, recommendations, and other evaluative records, as well as college and graduate school papers of Gilkey himself. Folders dedicated to particular students are ordered alphabetically and other folders chronologically. Materials are restricted for eighty years after the date of record creation.
| Box 23 Folder 1 | College and Graduate School Papers, 1933-1948 |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Grades for University of Chicago Course – Religion and Science, 1991 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Grades for University of Chicago Course, 1992 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Recommendations – De Souza, Rowena, and Pedraja, Luis, 1993 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Recommendations – Himes, Michael, 1997 |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Recommendations – Kok, Peter, 1996 |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Recommendations – Pasewark, Kyle, 1993-1997 |
| Box 23 Folder 8 | Recommendations – Pool, Jeff B., 1986 |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Recommendations – Redwine, Michael, 1997 |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Recommendations – Rike, Jennifer, 1997 |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Recommendations – Sapp, Gregory, 1996 |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Recommendations – Scharf, Uwe, 1995 |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Recommendations – Simmons, Stephen, 1997 |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Recommendations – Stenger, Mary Ann, and Lamm, Julia, 1994 |
| Box 23 Folder 15 | Recommendations – Yerkes, James, 1995 |