Gordon Selwyn

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Edward Gordon Selwyn (1885-1959) was an English Anglican priest and theologian, who served as Warden of Radley College from 1913 to 1919; Rector of Red Hill, near Havant; and then as Dean of Winchester from 1930 to 1959. He wrote sermons and other books and was the editor of the liberal catholic journal Theology from 1920.^[1]

Selwyn was born in Liverpool,^[2] the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Carus Selwyn, Headmaster of Uppingham School (died 1918), and his wife Lucy Ada, née Arnold. He had four brothers and two sisters.^[3]^[4] He was son-in-law to Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, bishop of Southwell.

Works

Essays Catholic and Critical

Essays Catholic and Critical; by members of the Anglican Communion; edited by Edward Gordon Selwyn. x, 452 p. London: S.P.C.K., 1926 Contributors: E. O. James, A. E. Taylor, A. E. J. Rawlinson, W. L. Knox, L. S. Thornton, E. C. Hoskyns, J. K. Mosley, E. J. Bicknell, K. E. Kirk, E. Milner-White, J. H. Thompson, N. P. Williams and W. Spens. (three editions: 1926, 1926 & 1929). "An influential volume of fifteen essays by a group of Anglo-Catholic scholars on leading themes of Christian belief, with special attention to the issues raised by recent Biblical studies and philosophy."--Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (1957)^[5] Selwyn's particular contribution, apart from his editorial role, involved an attempt to uphold the rationality of belief in the Incarnation without accompanying commitment to the dogma of the Virgin Birth.

Other works

1915: The Teaching of Christ: an attempt to appreciate the main lineaments of the teaching of Christ in their historical proportion. London: Longmans, Green
1919: First Christian Ideas; by Edward Carus Selwyn; edited, with an introductory memoir, by his eldest son. London: John Murray
1920: Theology: a monthly journal of historic Christianity (editor) (published bimonthly since 1976)
1923: The First Book of the Irenicum of John Forbes of Corse: a contribution to the theology of re-union; translated and edited with introduction, notes & appendices, by Edward Gordon Selwyn. Cambridge: University Press
1925: The Approach to Christianity. London: Longmans, Green
1936: Thoughts on Worship & Prayer. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (based on four lectures given in 1935)
1937: History of Christian Thought: a volume of essays; edited by Edward Gordon Selwyn. London: Centenary Press
- A Short History of Christian Thought: a volume of essays; 2nd ed., rev. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1949
1938: The White Horseman, and other sermons. London: S.P.C.K.
1940: The Epistle of Christian Courage: studies in the First Epistle of St. Peter. London: A. R. Mowbray
1946: The First Epistle of St. Peter: the Greek text; with introduction, notes and essays by Edward Gordon Selwyn. London: Macmillan

References

↑ The Encyclopedia of Christianity; vol. 5, p. 424: Erwin Fahlbusch - 2008 "... Essays Catholic and Critical (1926), edited by EG Selwyn (1885-1959) Selwyn... edited the journal Theology, which represented liberal catholicism throughout much of the century under successive editors."
↑ The Selwyn family tree; Edward Gordon Selwyn
↑ Edward Carus Selwyn First Christian Ideas; edited, with an introductory memoir, by his eldest son. London: John Murray, 1919
↑ The Selwyn family tree; Edward Carus Selwyn
↑ Cross, F. L., ed. (1957) Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. London: Oxford University Press; p. 464

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Edward Gordon Selwyn

‘SELWYN, Very Rev. Edward Gordon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 Accessed 9 April 2012

Church of England titles
Preceded by Holden Hutton	Dean of Winchester 1930 – 1959	Succeeded by Oswin Gibbs-Smith

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Late modern	Robert Holmes Thomas Rennell Thomas Garnier John Bramston George Kitchin William Stephens William Furneaux Holden Hutton Gordon Selwyn Oswin Gibbs-Smith Michael Stancliffe Trevor Beeson Michael Till James Atwell

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Office holders	The Bishop of Winchester, Tim Dakin The Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke, Peter Hancock The Bishop suffragan of Southampton, Jonathan Frost AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough The Dean of Winchester, James Atwell The Archdeacon of Winchester, Michael Harley The Archdeacon of Bournemouth, Peter Rouch

Channel Islands	The Dean of Guernsey, Paul Mellor The Dean of Jersey, Bob Key

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Alresford

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Winchester (11th century–2000; renamed Bournemouth) Archdeacon of Surrey (12th century–1927; became Diocese of Guildford) Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight (1871–1927; became Diocese of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1925–1927; became Diocese of Portsmouth) Archdeacon of Basingstoke (1927–2000; renamed Winchester)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 68476533 LCCN: no00057078 ISNI: 0000 0000 6404 7634 GND: 1015962475 NLA: 35722919

Persondata
Name	Selwyn, Edward Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	Anglican priest
Date of birth	6 July 1885
Place of birth	Liverpool
Date of death	11 June 1959
Place of death	Winchester

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