John Alfred Faulkner

Background

He was born in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, and graduated from Acadia College where he earned three degrees, Bachelor of Arts (1878).

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Acadia College, Nova Scoti, 1878, Master of Arts, 1890. Bachelor of Divinity, Drew Theological Seminary, 1881. Studied Andover Theological Seminary, 1881-1882, University of Leipzig, 1902-1903, University of Bonn, 1904.

Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan, 1897, Acadia, 1902.

Doctor of Laws, Pennsylvania College, 1919.

Career

Master of Arts (1890), and Doctor of Divinity (1902). In 1881 he earned his Bachelor of Divinity from Drew Theological Seminary. In 1897 he returned 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).

Achievements

• John Alfred Faulkner has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Helen Underwood, July 28, 1887. Children: Harold Underwood, John Arthur, Helen Katharine.

Father:

John L. Faulkner

Mother:

Elizabeth (Armstrong) Faulkner

Spouse:

Helen Underwood

child:

John Arthur Faulkner

child:

Helen Katharine Faulkner

child:

Harold Underwood Faulkner