World & Nation
The Rev.
April 13, 2006
William Sloane Coffin, the former Yale University chaplain who was a leading liberal during the 1960s and 1970s, received an award from Union Theological Seminary this month, making what may be one of his last public appearances.
May 24, 2003
Archives
The Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr.
April 17, 2006
As chronic heart failure saps his health, activist minister William Sloane Coffin offers advice to a ‘Young Doubter.’
March 18, 2005
William Sloane Coffin Jr. is still steaming over Newsweek’s having dubbed him “the Last Peacenik” as if he were the human relic of a bygone era, the quaint personification of love beads or charred draft cards.
Oct. 28, 1989
Thirteen leaders of the church sanctuary movement pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges of conspiracy and smuggling Salvadorans and Guatemalans into the United States as more than 1,000 religious and lay supporters gathered to protest their indictment.
Jan. 24, 1985
Former Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin is remembered for his activism and humor.
April 21, 2006
It was a hot night, ending one of several days in which the air refused to budge, and the meeting of the local chapter of SANE/Freeze was slow to come to order.
Oct. 15, 1987
July 20, 1987
Politics
AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON ABORTION * William Sloane Coffin and Thomas J.
Dec. 9, 1989