Van Paassen

[ vahn pah-suhn ]

noun

1. Pi·erre [pee-, air], Pieter Anthonie Laurusse, 1895–1968, U.S. journalist, author, and clergyman; born in the Netherlands.

Example Sentences

I said it wasn’t race, it was a historical fact, that they ought to go and read Pierre van Paassen’s Days of Our Years, and something not surprising to me, that book, right after the debate, disappeared from the prison library.

From Literature

But Unitarian Van Paassen's religion is far removed from orthodox Christianity.

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I believe," says Van Paassen. "that it is now possible to impose the human will upon the cosmic process.

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Van Paassen will not have a church.

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Like many Unitarians, tall, wide-eyed Van Paassen was born in another faith,* like many he came from a family of clergymen.

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