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Hubert Cunliffe-Jones

Hubert Cunliffe-Jones (30 March 1905 – 3 January 1991) was an Australian-born Congregational Church minister and author, who became chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and a professor at the University of Manchester. He was an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh.[1][2]

Hubert Cunliffe-Jones
BornMarch 30, 1905
Strathfield, New South Wales
DiedJanuary 3, 1991
Billericay, Essex
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Minister, Professor
SpouseMaude Edith Clifton (1933)
Children2 daughters, 2 sons
Parent(s)Walter and Maud Cunliffe-Jones
Academic background
EducationNewington College
University of Sydney (B.A.)
Melbourne College of Divinity (B.D.)
Camden College
Alma materMansfield College, Oxford (B.Litt.)
Academic advisors Clement C. J. Webb
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
Doctoral studentsDavid F. Wells

Early life

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Cunliffe-Jones was born in Strathfield, New South Wales, the son of the Reverend Walter and Maud Cunliffe-Jones. His father was minister of the Strathfield-Homebush Congregational church (now Uniting Church – Korean Parish).[3] He was educated at Newington College (1917–1921)[4] and in his final year was awarded one of three Wigram Allen Scholarships. These were presented by Sir George Wigram Allen following a special examination in March of each year, for classics, mathematics and general proficiency. In 1921, Cunliffe-Jones received the scholarship in classics and William Morrow for general proficiency.[5] He went to the University of Sydney in 1922 and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1925.[6] He then studied theology at the Camden College, Glebe, and the Melbourne College of Divinity, graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity.[7] He was ordained in 1928 and received the call to minister at Warrnambool. He married his wife of 56 years, Maude Edith Clifton in 1933.

Ministry

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Academic

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In 1930, Cunliffe-Jones went to England and read theology at Mansfield, the then Nonconformist college of the University of Oxford. While at Mansfield, he completed a thesis titled The Problem of Evil with Special Reference to the Theodicee of Leibnitz under the supervision of Clement C. J. Webb.[9] After parish work in Witney he became a tutor in systematic theology at Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford.[10] In 1947 he became Principal of Yorkshire. Eleven years later, in 1958, Cunliffe-Jones was appointed Associate Principal of the Northern Congregational College in Manchester whilst lecturing at the University of Manchester. In 1966 he was made Professor, History of Doctrine, at Manchester University and from 1968 until 1973 he was Professor of Theology. Following his retirement, Cunliffe-Jones was professor emeritus. After his wife Maude died on 28 August 1989 Cunliffe-Jones lived with Margaret, his elder daughter, at her home in Essex. He died in 1991, survived by two daughters and two sons.

The Davidson Affair, a novel by Stuart Jackman was dedicated to Rev. Cunliffe-Jones.[11][12]

Books

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  • Cunliffe-Jones, Hubert (1943). The Holy Spirit. London: Independent Press.
  • ——— (1945). The Authority of the Biblical Revelation. London: Clarke.
  • ——— (1951). Deuteronomy: Introduction and Commentary. London: SCM Press. OCLC 00368786.
  • ——— (1955). The Congregational Ministry in the Modern World. London: Independent Press. OCLC 7605560.
  • ——— (1960). The Book of Jeremiah: Introduction and Commentary. London: SCM Press. OCLC 04145139.
  • ——— (1961). Technology, Community and Church. London: Independent Press.
  • ——— (1970). Christian Theology since 1600. London: Duckworth. ISBN 9780715605202. OCLC 00109008.[13]
  • ———; Drewery, Benjamin; Fisher, George Park (1980). A History of Christian Doctrine. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800606268. OCLC 05447623.
  • ———; Kent, John (1982). The End of the Line? : The Development of Christian Theology in the Last Two Centuries. London: SCM Press. ISBN 0334003830.

Articles and chapters

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References

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  1. ^ Who Was Who 1920–2008 Online Edition
  2. ^ Hubert Cunliffe-Jones Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ Strathfield History
  4. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 46
  5. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) Part 2 – The Lists
  6. ^ Alumni Sidneienses
  7. ^ Hubert Cunliffe-Jones (1955). The Congregational Ministry in the Modern World. London: Independent Press., vi
  8. ^ Surman Index
  9. ^ Elaine Kaye (1999). For the Work of Ministry: Northern College and Its Predecessors. Edinburgh: T & T Clark., 200
  10. ^ "PERSONAL". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 2 June 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  11. ^ https://archive.org/details/davidsonaffair0000jack/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22hubert+cunliffe%22
  12. ^ Stuart Jackman (1966). The Davidson Affair. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
  13. ^ National Library of Australia Catalogue
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