Background
Buttrick, George Arthur was born on March 23, 1892 in Seaham Harbour, Northumberland, England. Son of Tom and Jessie (Lambert) Buttrick.
Buttrick, George Arthur was born on March 23, 1892 in Seaham Harbour, Northumberland, England. Son of Tom and Jessie (Lambert) Buttrick.
Graduate Lancaster Independent Theological College, Manchester, 1915, Victoria U. (honors in philosophy), 1915. Doctor of Divinity, Hamilton College, 1927, Middlebury College, 1930, Miami University, 1934, Princeton University, 1940, Harvard University, 1960, Grinnell College, 1963. Bucknell U., 1965; S.T.D., Yale University, 1932, Columbia University, 1944, Northwestern University, 1963.
Doctor of Laws, Bethany College, 1940, Davidson College, 1970. Doctor of Letters, Albright College, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters, Wooster College, 1967.
Ordained to ministry Congressional Church, 1915. Pastor 1st Union Congressional Church, Quincy, Illinois, 1915-1918, 1st Congressional Church, Rutland, Vermont, 1919-1921, 1st Presbyn Church, Buffalo, 1921-1927, Madison Avenue.
Author: The Parables, 1925. Jesus Came Preaching, 2d edition., 1970. Prayer, 1942
Christ and Men’s Dilemma, 1946.So We Believe, So We Pray, 1951. Faith and Education, 1952. Sermons Preached in a University Church, 1959.Biblical Thought and the Secular University, 1960. Christ and History, 1963. God, Pain and Evil, 1966.The Beatitudes, 1968. The Power of Prayer Today, 1970. General editor: The Interpreter’s Bible, 12 vols., 1952.Editor: The Interpreter’s Dictionary (4 vols.), 1959.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Agnes Gardner, June 27, 1916. Children: John Arthur, George Robert, David Gardner.