Horton Marlais Davies

Background

Davies, Horton Marlais was born on March 10, 1916 in Cwmavon, Wales. Son of D. Marlais and Martha Reid (Davies) Davies.

Education

Master of Arts with high honors, University Edinburgh, 1937. Bachelor's Degree with highest honors, University Edinburgh, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1943.

Doctor of Letters, Oxford University, 1970. Doctor of Divinity, University South Africa, 1950. Doctor of Letters (honorary), LaSalle University, 1966.

Career

Minister Wallington Church, South London, England, 1942-1945. Religious adviser, director education Young Men’s Christian Association. Operating with British Army, 1945-1946.

Professor, head department division Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1946-1953, dean faculty, 1951-1953. Travelling fellow United States, Carnegie Corporation of New York, also. Old St. Andrew's Memorial.

Lecturer Emmanuel College, University Toronto, 1952. Head joint department church history Mansfield and Regent's Park colleges. Oxford University, 1953-1956.

Professor religion Princeton University, 1956-1959, Henry W. Putman professor, 1959-1984, chairman department, 1983-1984, professor emeritus, department religion, 1984—2005. Guggenheim Foundation fellow 1959-1960, 64-65. Visiting professor church history Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1959, 66.

Consultant on missionary research committee Joint International Missionary Council and World Council Churches, 1954-1960. Select preacher, visiting lecturer Cambridge University, England, 1960. Mullins lecturer Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1961.

Senior F. Council Humanities Program Princeton University, 1961-1962, visiting lecturer Princeton Theological Seminary alternate years 1962-1987, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, 1962, Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1965, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, 1977, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas, 1977, 84, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1967, 79. Zabriskie lecturer P.E. Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, 1963. Visiting lecturer ecclesiastical art Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, Mansfield College, Oxford, 1969.

Visiting professor Drew University, 1969, adjunct professor 1978-1994. Visiting professor New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1980. Research grantee Huntington Library., San Marino, 1967-1968, visiting fellow, 1981-1982.

Fellow Center Theological Inquiry, Princeton, 1987-1991.

Achievements

• Horton Marlais Davies has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Worship of the American Puritans, 1629-1730

    (This book describes the worship of the American Puritans ...)

  • French Huguenots in English-Speaking Lands (Studies in Italian Culture Literature in History)

    (The horror story of the Huguenot persecution after the Re...)

  • The Worship of the American Puritans

    (This is the companion volume to The Worship of the Englis...)

  • A Mirror of the Ministry in Modern Novels.

    (Includes chapters on Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sinclair Lewis,...)

  • CHRISTIAN DEVIATIONS

    (The challenge of the new spiritual movements. 1972 4th re...)

  • Varieties of English preaching, 1900-1960

    (Varieties Of English Preaching 1900-1960)

  • Holy Days and Holidays

    (, 255 pages, with 6 plates and 1 map)

  • Christian Deviations: Essays in Defence of the Christian Faith

    ("...a series of highly effective answers to those systems...)

  • Christian Deviations Essays in Defence O
  • The English Free Churches
  • The English Free Churches
  • The Worship of the English Puritans
  • The Worship of the American Puritans, 1629-1730 by Horton Davies (1991-02-01)
  • Bread of Life and Cup of Joy: Newer Ecumenical Perspectives on the Eucharist by Horton Davies (1999-01-29)
  • Christian deviations
  • Sacred Art in a Secular Century
  • Bread of Life and Cup of Joy: Newer Ecumenical Perspectives on the Eucharist
  • The English Free Churches
  • A Mirror of the Ministry in Modern Novels (Essay index reprint series)

Membership

Founding trustee Institute Ecumenical and Cultural Research, St. John's Abbey and University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1967-1972. Member American Society Church History, American Theological Society, American Academy Religion.

Connections

Married Brenda Mary Deakin, September 8, 1942. Children: Christine Mary, Hugh Marlais, Philip Marlais. Married Marie-Hélène Baudy, April 14, 1973.

Father:

D. Marlais Davies

Mother:

Martha Reid (Davies) Davies

Spouse:

Marie-Hélène Baudy

Spouse:

Brenda Mary Deakin

child:

Christine Mary Davies

child:

Philip Marlais Davies

child:

Hugh Marlais Davies