James Bissett Pratt

James Bissett Pratt (June 22, 1875 – January 15, 1944) held the Mark Hopkins Chair of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy at Williams College. He was president of the American Theological Society from 1934 to 1935. Quotes Mutually contradictory creeds can and do keep house together without quarrel within the wide and hospitable Hindu family." "Hindu thought....because of its ingrained conclusiveness, its tolerance, and its indifference to doctrinal divergences, stressed the essential unity of all Indian Dharmas, whether Hindu or Buddhist, and minimized differences. Why Religions Die, by James Bissett Pratt Berkeley. University of California Press. 1940 p. 122). External links Category:1875 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Theologians from New York (state) Category:Academics from the United States Category:Williams College faculty Category:Harvard University alumni