Charles Gordon Strachan (24 January 1934 – 7 July 2010) was a Church of Scotland minister, theologian, university lecturer and author.[1] He was regarded as a radical thinker with unorthodox views, such as his claim that Jesus may have travelled to Britain during his lost years to study with the Druids.[2][3][4]
Gordon Strachan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 January 1934 |
| Died | 7 July 2010 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Minister, theologian, lecturer, author |
| Spouse | Elspeth |
| Children | Christopher |
| Theological work | |
| Language | English |
After attending St Edward's School, Oxford, Strachan went on to graduate with a degree in history from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in theology from New College, Edinburgh.[5] The subject of his doctoral thesis was Edward Irving, a 19th-century Scottish divine denounced as a heretic. Strachan was active in the Iona Community, taught courses at the Office of Lifelong Learning and lectured in the Department of Architecture at the University of Edinburgh.[2][4]
Strachan wrote a number of books including Jesus the Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity, which was the basis of a 45-minute documentary titled And Did Those Feet (2009) by Ted Harrison.[6]
Bibliography edit
- Pentecostal Theology of Edward Irving (1973)
- Freeing the Feminine (1985), co-authored with his wife Elspeth
- Christ and the Cosmos (1985), later republished as The Bible's Hidden Cosmology (2005)
- Jesus the Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity (1998)
- Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space (2003)
- The Return of Merlin: Star Lore and the Patterns of History (2006)
- Prophets of Nature: Green Spirituality in Romantic Poetry and Painting (2008)
References edit
- ^ "The Times obituary".
- ^ a b Fairley, Jan (9 August 2010). "The Guardian obituary". London.
- ^ "Minister with a modern approach to philosophy". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Jesus in Britain". Archived from the original on 26 September 2011.
- ^ "St Edward's Oxford Obituaries". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Jesus 'may have visited England', says Scottish academic". BBC News. 26 November 2009.
External links edit
- TV interview – Dr. Gordon Strachan
- Jesus 'may have visited England', says Scottish academic - BBC News article
- Blog in memory of Gordon Strachan
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