George Arthur Buttrick
George Arthur Buttrick (1892–1980) was a Christian preacher.[1][2][3]
Biography
George Arthur Buttrick was born in Seaham Harbour, England on March 23, 1892.[3] He attended the Victoria University of Manchester and moved to the United States.[3] He served as a pastor in Quincy, Illinois, Rutland, Vermont, Buffalo, New York, and New York City.[3] He gave a lecture series at Yale University, and in 1955 he became professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University.[3] He was then a guest professor at the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, and in 1960 he taught at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary.[3] He later taught at Davidson College, Vanderbilt University, and the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.[3]
Bibliography
- Christian Fact and Modern Doubt (1934)
- Faith and Education (1952)
- Sermnons Preached in a University Church (1959)
- Biblical Thought and the Secular University (1960)
- Christ and Man's Dilemma (1963)
- God, Pain, and Evil (1966)
- The Beatitudes, A Contemporary Meditation (1968)
- Christ and History (1968)
- Jesus Came Preaching: Christian Preaching in the New Age (1970)
- Parables of Jesus (1973)
- Prayer (1977)
References
- ^ Theodore Alexander Gill, To God be the glory: sermons in honor of George Arthur Buttrick, Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1973, p. 11 [1]
- ^ Charles F. Kemp, Life-situation preaching, Bloomington, Minnesota: Bethany Press, 1956, p. 184 [2]
- ^ a b c d e f g T. A. Prickett, The Story of Preaching, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2011, pp. 80-81 [3]
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Buttrick, George Arthur |
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| Date of birth |
March 23, 1892 |
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Seaham Harbour, England |
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1980 |
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