Clarence Augustine Beckwith (Charlemont, Massachusetts, July 21, 1849 – 1931) was an American theologian and writer. He was a teacher at the United Church of Christ's Chicago Theological Seminary from 1905.[1] He lived at Little Deer Isle, Maine.[2][3]
Beckwith's best known work was The Idea of God, published in 1922. It was positively reviewed by Douglas Clyde Macintosh.[4]
Selected publications
edit- contributions to The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1883 as "C. A. B."
- Realities of Christian Theology (1906)
- The Idea of God: Historical, Critical, Constructive (1922)
References
edit- ^ Grant Wacker -Augustus H. Strong Page 95 1989 "... that has dawned," for Strong "pours his old wine into the old bottles, and even retains the old labels and corks." Clarence Beckwith at Chicago Theological Seminary was pleased that ethical monism and universal evolution had become, ..."
- ^ Stickley's craftsman homes: plans, drawings, photographs - Page 324 Ray Stubblebine, Gustav Stickley - 2006 "78 Clarence Beckwith Home, Little Deer Isle, Maine, built ca. 1914 The Rev. Clarence Beckwith, a professor of theology, built this version of No."
- ^ Piety and Profession: American Protestant Theological Education, ... - Page 138 Glenn T. Miller - 2007 "Mackenzie, however, did state that he agreed with the substance of the creed,and Gilbert affirmed it vigorously. However, in 1905, further, the board elected Clarence Beckwith, a noted theological liberal, as its professor of theology. . After his premature death, he was followed by Clarence Beckwith, who was even more outspoken in his advocacy of the new "
- ^ Macintosh, Douglas C. (1923). "The Idea of God". The Journal of Religion. 3 (6): 652–655. doi:10.1086/480400.
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