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Name
  
John McNeill


Died
  
1975

Education
  
University of Chicago (1923)

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

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Books
  
The History and Character, The Celtic Penitentials and Their, The Celtic Penitentials and Their, A History of the Cure of Souls, The Celtic Churches: A History

John Thomas McNeill (28 July 1885, Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island - 2 February 1975, Chicago) was a Canadian theological historian.

He was the son of William Cavendish McNeill (1849-1928). He was educated at Prince of Wales College, McGill University, New College, Edinburgh, Halle University and Chicago University. In 1920 he was awarded a doctorate from the latter. He was also an ordained Presbyterian minister. As of 1951, he was Auburn Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary.

Charles Partee called him "the doyen of American Calvin scholars".

Works

  • A History of the Cure of Souls (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951).
  • The History and Character of Calvinism (New York: Oxford University Press, 1954).
  • The Celtic Churches: A History A.D. 200 to 1200 (University of Chicago Press, 1974).

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