Carl Michalson Papers, 1938-1986 [Bulk 1945-1965]
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Summary Information
Creator
Michalson, Carl.
Title and dates
Carl Michalson Papers, 1938-1986 [Bulk 1945-1965]
Abstract
Carl Donald Michalson started as an instructor in the Drew Theological School in 1943 and was
the Andrew V. Stout Professor of Systematic Theology from 1959 until his tragic death in an
airplane crash on November 8, 1965. This collection documents his lectures and publications
research, including course outlines and bibliographies, correspondence, professional papers,
photographs, sermons, published articles, recorded class lectures, and his student notebooks and
papers from Drew Theological Seminary and Yale University.
Size
11 linear feet (28 boxes)
Location
Drew University Archives
Madison, NJ
Languages of materials
English, German, French, Japanese
Biography
Carl Donald Michalson, Jr. was born on June 29, 1915, in Waverly, Minnesota, to Carl Donald
Michalson and Gertrude Leuzinger Michalson. After graduating from high school in 1932, a
fateful intervention with the pastor of his church changed his path from completing a
correspondence business course to attending John Fletcher College in University Park, Iowa,
where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936. Later that year, Michalson began a
Bachelor of Divinity degree at Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey, working
under his mentors Edwin Lewis and Lynn Harold Hough. He completed the degree in 1939, and
followed with a Masters of Divinity in 1940 with a thesis titled Human Responsibility in the
Republic of Plato and in the Synoptic Gospels. He pursued a doctoral degree at Yale University,
where he studied under H. Richard Niebuhr and Robert Calhoun. He completed his dissertation,
The Problem of Revelation and Reason in the Theology of Karl Heim, in 1945.
In 1943, Michalson returned to Drew University as an Instructor in the Drew Theological
School. The following year he married Janet Aloyse Merrill, with whom he had two children,
Karen in 1946 and Steven in 1949. In 1945 he became an Assistant Professor, and in 1951 an
Associate Professor. In 1955 Michalson achieved full professorship as the successor to Edwin
Lewis, and became the Andrew V. Stout Professor of Systematic Theology in 1959. While at
Drew, “Dr. Mike,” as he was known among his students and colleagues, taught many courses,
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including: The Philosophical Backgrounds of Theology, Philosophical Anthropology, Theology
for Persistent Questions, and Theology and Preaching. In coordination with his lectures and
writings, Michalson frequently preached at churches and conferences.
In 1952 and 1953, Michalson spent his sabbatical in Germany and Switzerland doing postdoctoral research at the University of Tübingen and the University of Basel, where he worked
with Karl Heim, the subject of his doctoral dissertation. In 1960, the family was in France where
Michalson researched at the University of Strasbourg and wrote The Rationality of Faith,
published in 1963.
Arguably, Michalson's most important research trip was to Japan in 1958 as a visiting lecturer at
Tokyo Union Theological Seminary and Aoyama Gakuin University. The trip had a profound
effect both on Michalson and on the Japanese Christian community. As Jun'ichi Asano said in
The Journal of Christian Studies in 1966, “We cannot overestimate the stimuli he gave to
Japanese Christianity through his lectures and sermons made at many schools and churches
during his stay in Japan.” Michalson initially set out to learn what Japanese students already
understood about Christian theology; after seeing the originality of their thoughts, he had
colleagues and students orally translate Japanese theological books and articles into English
while he took notes. The resulting book from Michalson's travels, Japanese Contributions to
Christian Theology, was published in 1960 and offered rare insight into contemporary Japanese
theology and philosophy.
Starting in 1956, Michalson wrote or edited six books in seven years and was praised for
bringing modern psychological knowledge to bear upon classic theological problems. In 1956 he
edited Christianity and the Existentialists. He wrote Faith for Personal Crises in 1958, with a
Japanese translation in 1959, based on a series of articles that addressed the role of faith with the
crises of anxiety, marriage, suffering and death, vocation, and doubt. In 1959, Michalson
translated Friedrich Gogarten's The Reality of Faith to English. Analysis of faith and reason
formed the foundation of two books, The Hinge of History in 1959 and The Rationality of Faith
in 1963. Japanese Contributions to Christian Theology was published in 1960 as was The
Witness of Kierkegaard, which Michalson edited. His final book, Worldly Theology: The
Hermeneutical Focus on Historical Faith, was in the process of being typed by Michalson at the
time of his death; it was published posthumously in 1967.
On November 8, 1965, Michalson was on his way to speak at a National Conference on Christian
Education in Cincinnati, Ohio when the airplane crashed into a hill when trying to land in a
storm. A colleague, Professor John Godsey, stated the importance of Dr. Michalson to Drew
University and to the Christian Church when he declared that, “Probably no American theologian
was more effective in interpreting the meaning of Christian faith to the growing masses of
searching and bewildered college students than Carl Michalson.”
After his brother's death, Gordon Michalson published The Witness of Radical Faith, a collection
of Carl's sermons, in 1974; many of his sermons are included in this collection. A year later,
Gordon, former colleague Charles Courtney, and former student Olin Ivey wrote Hermeneutics
and the Worldliness of Faith: A Festschrift in Memory of Carl Michalson. Also to honor his
contributions, the Carl Michalson Society began in 1977, striving to fulfill Michalson's wish to
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provide Japanese students with scholarship money for Drew University, which was also echoed
in the Michalson family's request at the funeral that those wishing to honor his memory tangibly
contribute to scholarship aid for Japanese students at Drew University's Theological School.
Carl Michalson remains a revered figure in the field of systematic theology. His work has been
the topic of several theses and dissertations and his lessons and lectures remain an influence on
all seminary students and theologians today.
Scope and Content Note
The Carl Michalson Papers document Michalson's evolving insight into theology, from his days
as a student at Drew Theological School through his tenure as the Andrew V. Stout Professor of
Systematic Theology. The materials were primarily generated in the United States, but are also
from Michalson's trips abroad to Germany, Switzerland, Japan and France. Topics include
Christology, Eschatology, Hermeneutics, Reformation, Church History, Sin and Salvation,
Mysticism, Theology for Crucial Situations, Japanese Theology, and Philosophy.
This collection contains hand-written lecture and publication notes and research, student
notebooks and papers, course outlines and bibliographies, correspondence, professional papers,
photographs, published articles, sermons, recorded class lectures and the corresponding written
outline, compiled by Reverend Frank Ostertag, former student of Michalson.
Arrangement
The Carl Michalson Papers are arranged into six series:
Series 1: Education, 1938-1945
Subseries A: Drew University, 1938-1940
Subseries B: Yale University, 1940-1945
Series 2: Academia, 1943-1965
Subseries A: Course Materials, 1953, undated
Subseries B: Article Research and Lecture Notes, 1943-1966
Series 3: Publications, 1944-1966
Subseries A: Published Works, 1944-1966
Subseries B: Unpublished Works, undated
Series 4: Professional Papers, 1943-1965
Subseries A: Drew Faculty Files, 1943-1965
Subseries B: Correspondence and Programs, 1943-1965
Series 5: Personal Papers and Memorials, 1965-1986
Subseries A: Newspaper Articles and Tributes, 1965-1965, 1983
Subseries B: The Carl Michalson Society, 1976-1986
Subseries C: Photographs, undated
Series 6: Audio Lectures
Access and Use
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Access
The Carl Michalson Papers are available for research.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
One photocopy may be made of each document for the purpose of research. Permission to
publish must be obtained from the Drew University Archivist. Researcher is responsible for
further copyright restrictions.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The Carl Michalson Papers collection contains audio CDs, cassette tapes, reel-to-reels, and
record albums.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
The Carl Michalson Papers were donated to Drew University by his wife, Mrs. Janet Michalson
Clasper.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Drew University holds the Lynn Harold Hough Papers (finding aid:
http://depts.drew.edu/lib/findingaids/hough/index.php), who was a teacher and mentor of
Michalson.
Michalson’s works as well as books that he owned and annotated can be searched using the
online library catalog: https://catalog.drew.edu/.
The General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church hold the
Edwin Lewis Papers (http://www.gcah.org), a teacher and mentor of Michalson.
Publications
James J. D'Angelo, “The Historical and Hermeneutical Focus of Theology: Carl Michalson's
Contributions to the Problem of Theological Language” (unpublished Master's thesis, Princeton
Theological School, 1968)
Ellis Blane Johnson, “Carl Michalson's Concept of History as a Theological Method”
(unpublished PhD. Dissertation, Boston University, 1969)
Richard Laurence Eslinger, “Historicity and Historicality: A Comparison of Carl Michalson and
Oscar Cullman” (unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Boston University, 1970)
Edward James Wynne, Jr. “The Implications of Carl Michalson's Theological Method for
Christian Education” (Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University, 1971; University Press of
America)
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Olin Marion Ivey, “The Concept of the Holy Spirit in the Thought of Carl Michalson”
(unpublished, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Claremont Graduate University, 1974)
Processing and Other Information
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Anna Henderson in 2007. The finding aid was written by Anna
Henderson in 2007.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content follows the guidelines suggested by Describing Archives: A Content
Standard.
Languages
English, German, French, Japanese
Notes
Digitization of audio lectures completed in 2007.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item; Date (if noted); Carl Michalson Papers, Box and Folder Number;
University Archives, Drew University Library, Madison, New Jersey
Subject Headings
Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865
Calhoun, Robert L.
Gögarten, Friedrich, 1887-1967.
Heidegger, Johann Heinrich, 1633-1698
Heim, Karl, 1874-1958.
Hough, Lynn Harold, 1877Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Lewis, Edwin, 1881Löwith, Karl, 1897-1973.
Macintosh, Douglas Clyde, 1877-1948.
Michalson, Carl.
Michalson, Gordon E., 1948Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962.
Ostertag, Frank.
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980.
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.
Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965.
Troeltsch, Ernst, 1865-1923.
Carl Michalson Society.
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Drew Theological Seminary.
Yale University.
Christianity and existentialism.
Christianity Philosophy.
Christianity Psychology.
Duty.
Eschatology.
Existentialism.
Faith.
Hermeneutics.
Hermeneutics Religious aspects Christianity.
History Philosophy.
Methodist Church Sermons.
Mysticism.
Philosophical anthropology.
Plato.
Psychoanalysis.
Reason.
Sin.
Subjectivism in Theology.
Theology.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Theology, Doctrinal History Japan.
Contents List
Series 1: Education, 1938-1945
Series Description
The Education Series contains materials related to Michalson's studies. It is divided into two
subseries: Subseries A includes course notes, academic papers and a copy of his Master's thesis
from Drew University. Subseries B contains class notebooks, academic papers and dissertation
research from Yale University. The Yale University notebooks are primarily from courses with
Robert L. Calhoun and Douglas Clyde Macintosh.
Arrangement
Subseries A arranged alphabetically by title, with book reports and thesis at the end. Subseries B
arranged alphabetically within three pre-established groups: class notebooks, academic papers
and dissertation research.
Box Folder Title
Subseries A: Drew University, 1938-1940
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Andrew Martin Fairbairn: His Life and Thought
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Contemporary Theology
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Critical Humanism and Comprehensive Scholarship
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The Doctrine of Atonement
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Existentialism is a Mysticism
The Function of Faith: Essay Concerning Christian
Understanding
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The Humanistic Spirit in Rome
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The Idea of Divine Revelation and the Response of Man
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The Idea of the Church in the Eucharist of the Early Period
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Lectures in Christian Theology
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Life of Jesus
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Metaphysical Theology
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Myth and Legend: As Related to Genesis 1 to 11
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The Papacy in the Reformation
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Philosophy and Religion
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Platonism: Its Religious and Philosophical Influence
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The Quest for Certainty
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The Social Doctrines in the Thought of Reinhold Niebuhr
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Stuart F. Sherman
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Substance and Activity
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Theology in the Poets
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The Theology of Dante's Divine Comedy
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The Theology of the Poetry of Francis Thompson
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The Use of Materials by Irving Babbitt
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Validity in Religious Experience
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William Ernest Hocking and The Meaning of God in Human
Experience
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Collected Book Reports
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Master's Thesis: Human Responsibility in the Republic of
Plato and in the Synoptic Gospels
Subseries B: Yale University, 1940-1945
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Christian Ethics, course notebook I
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Christian Ethics, course notebook II
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Contemporary Theology, course notebook I
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Contemporary Theology, course notebook II
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History of Christian Doctrine, course notebook I
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History of Christian Doctrine, course notebook II
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History of Christian Doctrine, course notebook III
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History of Christian Doctrine, course notebook IV
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History of Philosophy, course notebook I
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History of Philosophy, course notebook II
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History of Philosophy, course notebook III
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History of Philosophy papers
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Philosophy of Religion, course notebook I
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Philosophy of Religion, course notebook II
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Unlabeled notebook
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Augustine's Doctrine of Grace
Contemporary Theology
John Henry Newman
On Personal Evangelism and Religious Education
Personalism and Theology
Social Religion
Das Gewissheitsproblem
Das Weltbilt der Zukunft
Das Wesen der Gnade
Die Weltanschauung der Bibel
Das Wort vom Kreuz
Glaube und Denken and other papers
Glaube und Leben
Glaubensgewissheit
God Transcendent
Jesus der Herr
Jesus der Weltvollender
Leben aus dem Glauben
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Series 2: Academia, 1943-1965
Series Description
The Academia Series contains materials developed by Michalson during his time on the Drew
Theological School faculty. It is divided into two subseries: Subseries A consists of course
outlines, lectures, examinations, and course readings. Subseries B holds Michalson's research
for class lectures and his published articles and books. Many courses are offered repeatedly
under varying course numbers and names, it was not possible to arrange the materials
chronologically or alphabetically. Many files were continuously added to over many years and
could not be rearranged or separated.
Arrangement
Arranged in original order.
Box Folder Title
Subseries A: Course Materials, 1953, undated
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Course Outlines
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Lectures
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Course Readings
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Course Readings
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Course Readings
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German Exams
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Graduate School Departmental Exams
Subseries B: Article Research and Lecture Notes, 1943-1966
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Notes on Christology Seminar
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Notes on Seminar on Work of Christ
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“Finality of Christ” Article
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“Finality of Christ” Article
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Eschatology
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Theism
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Doctrine of God
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Doctrine of God
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Seminar on The Doctrine of God
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Lectures in progress for The Doctrine of God
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The Doctrine of God
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Preaching
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Sermons in Preparation
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Hermeneutics Consultation Conference
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History and Hermeneutics
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Medieval Scholasticism
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Church History Survey
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Greek and Latin Fathers
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Suffering and Death
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Christian Doctrine
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Medieval Aquinas
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Aquinas and Dante
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Continental Reformation
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Luther
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Reformation – Luther, Calvin
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Augustine
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Essay on Augustine's Grace of God
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Augustine
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Revelation and Response
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Revelation
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Faith
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Faith, Revelation and Reason
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Reason and Preaching
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Introduction to the Doctrine of Sin
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Reading Notes on Sin
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Original Sin
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Christian Ethics
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Revelation
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Lectures on Revelation
Bibliography on Revelation
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Revelation – Patristics
Revelation – Scholastics
Revelation – From Luther to Kant
Contemporary Revelation
Salvation
Salvation
Salvation
Paul on Salvation
Salvation
Paul on Salvation
Salvation Construction, Course 711.2, Doctrine of Salvation
Secularization
Sin – Lectures
Sin
Sin
Doctrine of Sin
Notes related to the Religious Dimensions of the Doctrine of
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Sin and Salvation
Sin and Salvation – Bibliography
Psychological and Sociological
Moral
The Holy Spirit
Second Consultation on Hermeneutics, Theological Discourse
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Rationality of Faith
Notes on Chapter 2 of Rationality of Faith
Faith and Freedom – Lectures
Notes on Freedom
Notes on Faith – Sky Lake Conference
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International Missionary Council
Worship and Meditation in the Church
Leadership Training – John's Gospel
Biblical Paul and the Prophets
Notes of Mysticism
Mysticism
Student Regional Leadership Training Conference
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History
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History, Ontology, and Theology
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The Christian Faith
Course Materials for the Christian Faith
Christian Theology
Christianity and Modern Thought
The Philosophy of Christian Revelation
Edwin Lewis articles – The Christian and His Creed
Notes for Christian Theology (taught with Lewis)
Notes for Lectures with Lewis
Introduction to Systematic Theology
Ebeling Lectures
Gogarten
Reinhold Niebuhr
Paul Tillich
Theology for Persistent Questions
Theology for Persistent Questions
Theology for Crucial Situations
Theology for Crucial Situations
Sex and Love
Theology for Social Situations
Contemporary Issues in Theology
Existentialism is a Mysticism
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Contemporary Philosophy and Religion
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Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
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Christianity in Japan
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Notes for Japanese Contributions to Christian Theology
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Christological Controversies
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Richard Kroner's “Von Kant bis Hegel”
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Contemporary Philosophical Issues in Christianity
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Contemporary Philosophy
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1946
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1962
undated
undated
1952, undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
1945-1946
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undated
undated
undated
undated
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Marxism
Religion in Higher Education
Notes taken while at Strasbourg
Notes for course, Theology: East and West
Society for Theological Education
Correspondence with Doctoral Candidates
Preparation for Worldly Theology
Hegel's Essay on Faith and Knowledge
Preparation for Wesley article in the Calhoun Festschrift
Preparation for article in the Niebuhr Festschrift
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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undated
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1947
1958-1961
1951-1954
undated
undated
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undated
undated
undated
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undated
undated
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undated
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Series 3: Publications, 1944-1966
Series Description
The Publications Series includes almost every published and many unpublished works written by
Michalson. It is divided in two subseries: Subseries A includes parts of books, articles, book
reviews written by Michalson and book reviews of Michalson's books. A master list was
published in 1966 in the Drew Gateway and serves as a guide to this series. Printed copies of the
list are located in Box 24 Folder 12. Subseries B includes Michalson's unpublished sermons and
prayers.
Arrangement
Subseries A contains parts of books and articles arranged alphabetically as in the Drew Gateway
publication, The Writings of Carl Michalson and book reviews are in original order. Subseries B
contains sermons arranged by title or biblical order and prayers arranged in original order.
Box Folder Title
Subseries A: Published Works, 1944-1966
24
12
The Writings of Carl Michalson, Drew Gateway
24
13
Parts of Books
25
1
Articles, B
25
2
Articles, C-D
Date
1966
1953-1966
1945-1965
1945-1965
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Articles, E-F
25
4
Articles, G-H
25
5
Articles, I-K
25
6
Articles, L-M
25
7
Articles, N-P
25
8
Articles, R
25
9
Articles, T
25
10
Articles, W
25
11
Book Reviews of Michalson Works
26
1
Book Reviews by Michalson
26
2
Miscellaneous Book Reviews
Subseries B: Unpublished Works, undated
26
3
Sermons by Title
26
4
Sermons in Biblical Order
26
5
Prayers
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1945-1965
1944-1965
1944-1965
1944-1965
undated
undated
undated
Series 4: Professional Papers, 1943-1965
Series Description
The Professional Papers series consists of Michalson's papers while a faculty member of Drew
Theological School. It is divided into two subseries: Subseries A includes departmental, faculty,
and Drew Gateway editorship information. Subseries B contains departmental and publisher
correspondence and programs from guest preaching and conference speaking engagements.
Arrangement
Subseries A arranged alphabetically by subject. Subseries B arranged chronologically.
Box Folder Title
Subseries A: Drew Faculty Files, 1943-1965
26
6
Annual Report to the Dean
26
7
Curriculum Material
26
8
Division Appointments
26
9
The Drew Gateway Editorship
26
10
Faculty Biography
26
11
Faculty Memos
26
12
Graduate Examination Memos
26
13
Graduate School Memos
26
14
Grants and Fellowships
Subseries B: Correspondence and Programs, 1943-1965
26
15
Correspondence – Faculty
27
1
Correspondence – Publishers
27
2
Correspondence – Together Magazine
27
3
Correspondence – Miscellaneous
27
4
Programs
Date
1950-1953
1955, undated
1963-1964
1950-1957
undated
1951-1964
1965, undated
1955, 1965
1951
1943-1961
1950-1953
1957-1958
1948-1965
1955-1965,
undated
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Series 5: Personal Papers and Memorials, 1965-1983
Series Description
The Personal Papers and Memorials series contains documentation of Michalson's life and the
plane crash that ended his life. It is divided into three subseries: Subseries A contains newspaper
articles, papers and tributes. Subseries B concerns The Carl Michalson Society. Subseries C is
photographs.
Arrangement
Subseries A and B arranged alphabetically. Subseries C arranged by size.
Box Folder Title
Subseries A: Newspaper Articles, Papers and Tributes, 1965-1966, 1983
27
5
Drew University Dissertation Prospectus, “Carl Michalson's
Contribution to Theological Ethics,” Sam Roberts
27
6
Memorials, unpublished
27
7
Memorials, published, and Service Programs
27
8
Michalson Bibliography, compiled by L.O. Kline and E.J.
Wynne, Jr.
27
9
Newspaper articles
27
10
Papers by Fellow Scholars
Subseries B: The Carl Michalson Society, 1976-1986
27
11
The Carl Michalson Society Bulletins
27
12
The Carl Michalson Society Papers
Subseries C: Photographs, undated
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1
Photographs
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2
Photographs
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3
Duplicate Photographs
28
4
Duplicate Photographs
28
5
Negatives
Date
1983
1965
1965-1966
1966, undated
1965
undated
1976-1986
1976-1986
undated
undated
undated
undated
undated
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