Dennis Nineham

Dennis Nineham

Dennis Eric Nineham (born 1921) is a British theologian and academic, who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford from 1969 to 1979, as well as holding chairs in theology at the universities of London, Cambridge and Bristol.

Life

Nineham was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton before studying at The Queen's College, Oxford. He was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. He served as Assistant Chaplain, and then Chaplain, at the college, before being appointed to a fellowship there in 1946. He was appointed Professor of Biblical and Historical Theology at King's College, London in 1954, becoming Professor of Divinity at the University of London in 1958. In 1964, he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, a post held in conjunction with a fellowship at Emmanuel College. He returned to Oxford in 1969, as Warden of Keble College, a post that he held until 1979; he was appointed to an honorary fellowship of Keble in the following year, and to an honorary fellowship of Queen's in 1991. Between 1980 and 1986, he was Professor of Theology and head of the theology department at the University of Bristol; he was also an honorary canon of Bristol Cathedral for this period.[1]

His publications include The Study of Divinity (1960), The Gospel of Saint Mark (1963), The Use and Abuse of the Bible (1976) and Christianity Mediaeval and Modern (1993). He has also edited various theological works and contributed to others.[1]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Keble College, Oxford — Oxford College Infobox name = Keble College university = Oxford shield = picture = primary colour = #000033 colours = name Latin = Collegium Keblense named for = John Keble established = 1870 sister college = Selwyn College, Cambridge head name …   Wikipedia

  • The Bible and history — Part of a series on The Bible …   Wikipedia

  • Narrative theology — began as a late 20th century theological development. It supported the idea that the Church s use of the Bible should focus on a narrative presentation of the faith as regulative for the development of a systematic theology. Also frequently… …   Wikipedia

  • Frances Young — Infobox Person name = Frances Young image size = caption = birth date = birth place = England death date = death place = occupation = Theologian, Methodist Minister spouse = parents = children =The Reverend Frances M. Young (born 1939 [cite… …   Wikipedia

  • The Myth of God Incarnate — is a book edited by John Hick and published by SCM Press in 1977. James Dunn, in a 1980 literature review of academic work on the incarnation, noted the well publicized symposium entitled The Myth of God Incarnate, including contributions on the… …   Wikipedia

  • Postliberal theology — began as a late 20th century development in Christian Theology. It proposes that the Church s use of the Bible should focus on a narrative presentation of the faith as regulative for the development of a coherent systematic theology. Founded… …   Wikipedia

  • Regius Professor of Divinity — The Regius Professorship of Divinity is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Oxford and at the University of Cambridge.Both chairs were founded by Henry VIII. The Cambridge chair had a stipend of £40… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”