John Alfred Faulkner

For other people named John Faulkner, see John Faulkner (disambiguation).

John Alfred Faulkner, D.D. (14 July 1857 – 6 September 1931) was an American church historian, and a Methodist minister. He was born at Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, graduated from Acadia College, where he earned three degrees: A.B., 1878; A.M., 1890; D.D., 1902. In 1881 he earned his B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary. He also studied at Andover and at Leipzig. He served as a clergy person—ordained in 1883—in the Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1897 Faulkner would return to Drew University as the professor of Church History, a post previously held by George R. Crooks. Faulkner's earlier work, The Methodists indicates that the title of his post was originally professor of Historical Theology. This would be Faulkner's only academic position. Faulkner's eulogizer notes that he held an affinity for "the older theological position," and notes that some of Faulkner's writings were considered to be "controversial." Faulkner was also part of the American Society of Church History, serving as its president in 1916.

He contributed to Hurst's History of the Christian Church (1897–1900). He wrote:

• The Methodists (1903)
• Cyprian (1906)
• Erasmus (1908)
• Crises in the Early Church (1912)
• Wesley as a Sociologist, Theologian, Churchman (1918)
• Value of Study of Church History (1920)
• Modernism and the Christian Faith (1921)
• Burning Questions in Historic Christianity (1930)

References

• John Alfred Faulkner, 1857-1931 at JSTOR

External links

• Drew University person

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