Perseverance — Page 101
Part II – My Life as a Muslim 101 OCTOBER 24, 1952 One professor of religion from Chicago, Illinois, from Northwestern University, whose name was Braden 32 , came to have an interview with Hazrat Khal ī fat-ul-Mas ī h. Mr. Braden was an old 32 Charles Samuel Braden was born on September 19, 1887. He earned his B. A. degree at Baker University in 1909, his B. D. at Union Theological Seminary in 1912, and his Ph. D. in practical theology at the University of Chicago in 1926. Baker University awarded Braden an honorary doctorate of divinity in 1943. Braden joined the faculty of Northwestern University as an assistant professor of history and literature of religions in 1926. He became an associate professor in 1936 and attained the rank of professor in 1943. The University awarded him emeritus status in 1954. Braden delivered the John C. Shaffer Lectures at Northwestern in 1955 and spoke on the topic, “Jesus and the Other Founders of Religions. ” He held visiting professorships at the Perkins School of Theology during the summers of 1954 and 1959 and at Scripps College from 1954 through 1956. Braden was also a faculty member of the Evangelica de Teologia of Buenos Aires in 1957 and the Fondren lecturer at Scarritt College for Christian Workers in 1954. Source: Northwestern University website [Writer]