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Latourette was born in Oregon City, Oregon and attended Linfield College, a nearby Baptist school.  He took his B.A. at Yale College  in 1906 and a Ph.D. at Yale in 1909. In 1909 and 1910 he was based in New York as a traveling secretary for the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. He taught in China, 1910 to 1912, at the College of Yale in China, Changsha, China. Poor health forced his return. He taught history at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, from 1914 to 1916, and at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, from 1916 to 1921.  In 1918 he was ordained as a [[Baptist]] minister in the Northern Baptist denomination.  

Latourette was born in Oregon City, Oregon and attended Linfield College, a nearby Baptist school.  He took his B.A. at Yale College  in 1906 and a Ph.D. at Yale in 1909. In 1909 and 1910 he was based in New York as a traveling secretary for the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. He taught in China, 1910 to 1912, at the College of Yale in China, Changsha, China. Poor health forced his return. He taught history at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, from 1914 to 1916, and at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, from 1916 to 1921.  In 1918 he was ordained as a [[Baptist]] minister in the Northern Baptist denomination.  

Called to Yale Divinity School, he served successively as Professor of Missions (1921-1927), Professor Oriental History, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity (1921-49), Sterling Professor of Missions and Oriental History (1949-53) and finally as Sterling Professor Emeritus from his retirement in 1953 until his death in 1968. An active Baptist, he held weekly study and prayer sessions, and taught Sunday School. He never married.

Called to Yale Divinity School, he served successively as Professor of Missions (1921-1927), Professor Oriental History, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity (1921–49), Sterling Professor of Missions and Oriental History (1949–53) and finally as Sterling Professor Emeritus from his retirement in 1953 until his death in 1968. An active Baptist, he held weekly study and prayer sessions, and taught Sunday School. He never married.

== Other Achievements ==

== Other Achievements ==

Latourette's papers are archived in the Divinity Library Special Collections of the Yale University Library.

Latourette's papers are archived in the Divinity Library Special Collections of the Yale University Library.

==Christian history==

==Christian history==

In his presidential address to the American Historical Association, Latourette promoted the value of taking a Christian approach to the last two millennia.<ref>Latourette, "The Christian Understanding of History," ''American Historical Review'' 54: 2 (January 1949): 259-76. [http://www.historians.org/info/aha_history/kslatourette.htm full text online] </ref>

In his presidential address to the American Historical Association, Latourette promoted the value of taking a Christian approach to the last two millennia.<ref>Latourette, "The Christian Understanding of History," ''American Historical Review'' 54: 2 (January 1949): 259-76. [http://www.historians.org/info/aha_history/kslatourette.htm full text online]</ref>

He argued:

He argued:

:As the influence of Jesus has spread geographically, various results have followed which are evidence that the transforming power which Christians claim for it is at work….Through the expansion of Western peoples and their culture, mankind has for the first time been brought together. To the degree that this is the result of the influence of Jesus it is a partial implementation of the dream of the unity of mankind which is a feature of the Christian understanding of history. The struggle to regulate and eventually to eliminate the wars which make our shrinking globe so perilous a neighborhood owes much to Jesus….Such attempts at world-wide co-operation as the League of Nations and the United Nations are demonstrably to some extent from him.  

:As the influence of Jesus has spread geographically, various results have followed which are evidence that the transforming power which Christians claim for it is at work….Through the expansion of Western peoples and their culture, mankind has for the first time been brought together. To the degree that this is the result of the influence of Jesus it is a partial implementation of the dream of the unity of mankind which is a feature of the Christian understanding of history. The struggle to regulate and eventually to eliminate the wars which make our shrinking globe so perilous a neighborhood owes much to Jesus….Such attempts at world-wide co-operation as the League of Nations and the United Nations are demonstrably to some extent from him.