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| Born | 21 June 1885
Sedbergh, England |
| Died | 21 January 1944 (aged 58)
Longborough, England |
| Spouse | Frances Winifred Pearson |
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| Church | Church of England |
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| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
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Oliver Chase Quick (21 June 1885 – 21 January 1944) was an English theologian, philosopher, and Anglican priest. [1]
Early life and education
Oliver Quick was born on 21 June 1885 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, the son of the educationist Robert Hebert Quick and Bertha Parr. [2] He was educated at Harrow School and studied classics and theology at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [3]
Quick married Frances Winifred Pearson, [4] a niece of Karl Pearson.
Ecclesiastical and academic career
Quick was ordained to the diaconate[ citation needed] in 1911 [5] and to the priesthood in 1912.[ citation needed] Prior to becoming chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1915, he was a vice-principal of Leeds Clergy School and then a curate at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. [6] He was given his first incumbency in 1918 in his appointment to the vicarage of Kenley, Surrey. [6] He went on to be appointed to residentiary canonries of Newcastle (1920), Carlisle (1923), and St Paul's (1930). [6] He became a professor of theology at Durham University in 1934 and was appointed to a canonry of Durham Cathedral ex officio. [6] He moved to Oxford in 1939, having been appointed to the Regius Professorship of Divinity at the University of Oxford, which carried with it a canonry of Christ Church Cathedral. [7] He remained in the post until his death in 1944. [8]
In his works he advocated the doctrines of soul sleep and conditional immortality. [9] He was one of the leading exponents of orthodox Anglicanism [10] and upheld a position similar to that of the authors of Essays Catholic and Critical (1926). He followed systematic and synthetic rather than historical methods and expressed his thought in a modern way.
Quick died on 21 January 1944 in Longborough, Gloucestershire, and was buried four days later in the churchyard in Longborough. [11]
Published works
Books
- Catholic and Protestant Elements in Christianity. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1913.
- Modern Philosophy and the Incarnation. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1915.
- Essays in Orthodoxy. London: Macmillan. 1916.
- The Testing of Church Principles. London: John Murray. 1919.
- Liberalism, Modernism and Tradition: Bishop Paddock Lectures, 1922. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1922.
- Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (1st ed.). London: SCM Press. 1923.
- Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (2nd ed.). London: SCM Press. 1924.
- The Christian Sacraments. London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1927. (Reissued several times, including a Fontana Library edition in 1964.)
- Philosophy and the Cross. London: Oxford University Press. 1931.
- The Ground of Faith and the Chaos of Thought. London: Nisbet. 1931.
- The Realism of Christ's Parables. London: SCM Press. 1931.
- The Gospel of Divine Action. London: Nisbet. 1933.
- Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (3rd ed.). London: SCM Press. 1934.
- Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (4th ed.). London: SCM Press. 1936.
- Doctrines of the Creed: Their Basis in Scripture and Their Meaning To-Day. London: Nisbet. 1938. (Reissued several times including a Fontana Library edition in 1963.)
- Christianity and Justice. London: The Sheldon Press. 1940.
- The Gospel of the New World: A Study in the Christian Doctrine of Atonement. Prefatory memoir by William Temple. Introduction by F. Winifred Quick. London: Nisbet. 1944.
Book chapters
- "Goodness and Happiness". In A. D. Lindsay. Christianity and the Present Moral Unrest. London: George Allen & Unwin. pp. 73–86. 1926.
- "The Doctrine of the Church of England on Sacraments". In R. Dunkerley. The Ministry and the Sacraments. London: SCM Press. pp. 124–137. 1937.
Journal articles
- "The Humanist Theory of Value: A Criticism". Mind. 19 (74). Oxford University Press: 218–230. 1910. doi: 10.1093/mind/XIX.1.218. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 2248191.
- "The Humanist Theory of Value". Mind. 20 (78). Oxford University Press: 256–257. 1911. doi: 10.1093/mind/XX.78.256. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 2248789.
- "Mysticism: Its Meaning and Danger". The Journal of Theological Studies. 14 (53). Oxford University Press: 1–9. 1912. doi: 10.1093/jts/os-XIV.1.1. ISSN 0022-5185. JSTOR 23947295.
- "Bergson's 'Creative Evolution' and the Individual". Mind. 22 (4). Oxford University Press: 217–230. 1913. doi: 10.1093/mind/XXII.4.217. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 2248801.
- "God as King and Father: Address to the 10th Conference of Modern Churchmen". The Modern Churchman. 13: 409–418. 1923.
- "The Fact and Doctrine of the Resurrection". Anglican Theological Review. 8: 114–123. 1925. ISSN 0003-3286.
- "The Jerusalem Meeting and the Christian Message". International Review of Mission. 17 (3): 417–576. 1928. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-6631.1928.tb04485.x. ISSN 1758-6631.
- "Books That Have Influenced Our Epoch: Canon Streeter's 'Reality'". The Expository Times. 40 (8): 344–348. 1929. doi: 10.1177/001452462904000802. ISSN 0014-5246. S2CID 169419105.
- "Christian Theology and Moral Principles". The Expository Times. 47 (5): 200–207. 1937. doi: 10.1177/001452463704800502. ISSN 0014-5246. S2CID 170926432.
- "Dogmatic Theology". Theology. 38 (226): 246–254. 1939. doi: 10.1177/0040571X3903822602. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 221074195.
- "Justice and Love". Theology. 39 (229): 5–14. 1939. doi: 10.1177/0040571X3903922902. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 171886571.
- "The Doctrine Report and the Sacraments". Theology. 39 (233): 344–353. 1939. doi: 10.1177/0040571X3903923304. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 172037440.
Other
- Fasting Communion: A Discussion. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1917.
- Some Arguments for the New Prayer Book. London: League of Loyalty and Order. 1927.
- Religion and Science as Ways of Knowledge. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. 1933.
References
Citations
- ^ MacKinnon 1993, p. 101; Robbins 2008, p. 168.
- ^ Chapman 2004; Lindgren 2004; Sell 2010, p. 143.
- ^ Chapman 2004; Lucas 1993, p. 4.
- ^ Sell 2010, p. 144.
- ^ Chapman 2004; Chapman 2006, p. 830.
- ^ a b c d Chapman 2006, p. 830.
- ^ Chapman 2006, p. 830; Lucas 1993, p. 17; Sell 2010, p. 144.
- ^ Chapman 2017, p. 39.
- ^ Quick 1938, pp. 260–261.
- ^ Chapman 2006, pp. 830–831; Mozley 1945, p. 36.
- ^ Sell 2010, p. 147.
Works cited
- Chapman, Mark D. (2004). "Quick, Oliver Chase (1885–1944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/35639.
- ——— (2006). "Quick, Oliver Chase (1885–1944)". In Brown, Stuart (ed.). Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. Vol. 2. Bristol, England: Thoemmes Continuum. pp. 830–831. ISBN 978-1-84371-096-7.
- ——— (2017). "The Evolution of Anglican Theology, 1910–2000". In Morris, Jeremy (ed.). The Oxford History of Anglicanism. Volume IV: Global Western Anglicanism, c. 1910–present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 25–49. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641406.003.0002. ISBN 978-0-19-964140-6.
- Cross, F. L., ed. (1957). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. London: Oxford University Press. p. 1132.
- Lindgren, C. E. (2004). "Quick, Robert Hebert (1831–1891)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/22954.
- Lucas, Paul (1993). "Oliver Quick". Theology. 96 (769): 4–19. doi: 10.1177/0040571X9309600102. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 221013080.
- MacKinnon, Donald M. (1993). "Oliver Chase Quick as a Theologian". Theology. 96 (770): 101–117. doi: 10.1177/0040571X9309600202. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 170394485.
- Mozley, John Kenneth (1945). "Oliver Quick as a Theologian – II". Theology. 48 (296): 30–36. doi: 10.1177/0040571X4504829602. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 171802834.
- Quick, Oliver Chase (1938). Doctrines of The Creed (1st ed.). Welwyn, England: James Nisbet & Co. (published 1960).
- Robbins, Keith (2008). England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: the Christian Church, 1900–2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263715.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-826371-5.
- Sell, Alan P. F. (2010). Four Philosophical Anglicans: W. G. DeBurgh, W. R. Matthews, O. C. Quick, H. A. Hodges. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock (published 2015). ISBN 978-1-4982-2008-8.
Further reading
- Douglas, Brian (2012). "The Early Twentieth Century". A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology. Volume 2: The 20th Century to the Present. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 67–270. ISBN 978-90-04-22133-8.
- Hughes, Alexander J. (2015). Oliver Quick and the Quest for a Christian Metaphysic. London: Routledge (published 2016). ISBN 978-1-317-08596-6.
- Mozley, John Kenneth (1945). "Oliver Quick as a Theologian – I". Theology. 48 (295): 6–11. doi: 10.1177/0040571X4504829503. ISSN 0040-571X. S2CID 221077703.
- Temple, William (1944). "Memoir". The Gospel of the New World: A Study in the Christian Doctrine of Atonement. By Quick, Oliver Chase. London: Nisbet.
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