Who is john baillie

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Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The Idea of Revelation in Recent Thought 4. Want to Read saving… Error rating book. A Diary Of Readings 4. Our Knowledge of God 4. Christian Devotion 4. The interpretation of religion: An introductory study of the theological principles 3. The Sense of the presence of God: Gifford Lectures, 4. During Baillie's undergraduate days all other academic interests were soon subordinated to his new-found passion for philosophy.

He won first class medals in virtually every philosophical subject and was especially influenced by the brothers James and Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison. Upon graduation in Baillie proceeded to New College, Edinburgh, to take up the four-year course preparatory to the United Free Church ministry. After finishing New College in , he divided his energies between an assistantship in moral philosophy at Edinburgh under Pringle-Pattison and a pastoral position assisting James Black at Brought on Place Church.

The first severe shock to Baillie's youthful outlook came in May with the tragic news that his youngest brother, Peter, had drowned accidentally while preparing himself for work as a medical missionary in India.

Coupled with the outbreak of World War I later that August and the death in battle of two close friends, Baillie soon volunteered for service under the Young Men's Christian Association Y. There he met Jewel Fowler, whom he married in April , shortly before being released from service.

After the war Baillie took up the chair of Christian theology in Auburn Theological Seminary, New York, where he remained for seven years prior to moving to Emmanuel College, Toronto, for another three years After four stimulating years on that distinguished faculty, Baillie was invited to return to New College at the same time that his brother had been appointed to the new chair in systematic theology at nearby St.

For the next 20 years the "Baillie Brothers" exercised an extraordinary influence upon each other, their students, and the major theological debates of their time.

Widely regarded as one of the great "mediating" theologians of the 20th century, Baillie's theological development can be briefly but accurately traced through several representative samples from his prolific writings.