Introduction

Biography

Georgia was the daugh­ter of Jo­seph War­ren Hark­ness and Lil­lie Mer­rill.

She at­tend­ed Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty (BA 1912) and Boston Uni­ver­si­ty (MA 1920, MRE 1920, PhD 1923), and did post-gra­du­ate work at Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty, Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, and Union Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in New York Ci­ty.

She held a num­ber of aca­dem­ic po­si­tions:

• Professor of Ap­plied Theo­lo­gy, El­mi­ra Col­lege, New York (1923–37)
• Teacher at Mount Ho­ly­oke Col­lege, South Had­ley, Mas­sa­chu­setts, for two years
• Professor of App­lied Theo­lo­gy, Gar­rett Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, Ev­an­ston, Il­li­nois (1939–50)
• Professor of Ap­plied Theo­lo­gy at the Pa­ci­fic School of Re­li­gion, Ber­ke­ley, Ca­li­for­nia (1950–61)

She al­so taught in the Phil­ip­pines and Ja­pan, and was ac­tive in the Me­tho­dist Com­mis­sion on World Peace and the World Council of Church­es.

Works

• The Mo­dern Ri­val of Chris­tian Faith: An An­al­ysis of Se­cu­lar­ism
• Biblical Back­grounds of the Mid­dle East Con­flict
• Understanding the Chris­tian Faith, with Rose­mary Kell­er
• Understanding the King­dom of God
• Women in Church and So­ci­ety: A His­to­ri­cal and Theo­lo­gic­al In­qu­iry (Ab­ing­don Press, 1972)