Which Ivy League university did Niebuhr visit as a professor?
Yale University
Columbia University
Harvard University
Cornell University
Answer
The answer is Harvard University. Niebuhr served as a visiting professor at Harvard University's Divinity School during the academic year of 1939-1940. He taught courses on Christian ethics and social theology, and his lectures were well-attended by students and scholars. Niebuhr's time at Harvard was a significant period in his intellectual development, as he engaged with new ideas and perspectives and further refined his own theological and ethical thought.
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