Douglas V. Steere
Douglas Van Steere (August 31, 1901 – February 6, 1995) was an American
Quaker ecumenist
.
Biography
He served as a professor of philosophy at
Union Theological Seminary from 1961 to 1962. Steere organized Quaker post-war relief work in Finland, Norway and Poland, was invited to participate as an ecumenical observer in the Second Vatican Council and co-founded the Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality. He authored, edited, translated and wrote introductions for many books on Quakerism, as well as other religions and philosophy.[1]
Steere was an undergraduate at
Oxford University, receiving degrees from Oxford in 1927 and 1954. He corresponded often with Thomas Merton, a popular Trappist monk.[2]
In 1987, he was awarded the Decoration of Knight 1st Class of the
White Rose of Finland, in recognition of his post-war relief work in that country.[3]
Bibliography
- Prayer and worship, 1938
- On beginning from within, 1943
- Doors into life, 1948
- Purity of Heart, by Søren Kierkegaard, transl., 1938, 1948
- Time to spare, 1949
- On listening to another, 1955
- Work and contemplation, 1957
- Dimensions of prayer, 1962
- Spiritual Counsel and Letters of Baron Friedrich von Hugel, Edited with an Introduction, 1964
- God's irregular: Arthur Shearly Cripps: a Rhodesian epic 1973
- Together in Solitude, 1982
- Quaker Spirituality: Selected Writings, ed., preface by Elizabeth Gray Vining, 1983
References
- ^ Douglas Steere biography from Pascal
- ^ Merton's Correspondence with: Douglas Van Steere
- ^ Elliott, J. Michael (16 February 1995). "Douglas Steere, 93, Author, Professor And Quaker Leader (Published 1995)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29.
Further reading
- "The Open Life" – William Penn Lecture 1937 by Douglas V. Steere
- Love at the Heart of Things: a biography of Douglas V. Steere, by E. Glenn Hinson. 1998
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