N. P. Williams
Norman Powell Williams (1883–1943), known as N. P. Williams, was an English Anglo-Catholic theologian and priest. Educated at Durham School and at Christ Church, Oxford, he enjoyed a succession of appointments at that university: Fellow of Magdalen (1906), Chaplain of Exeter (1909), Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church (1927).[2] In 1924 he was Bampton lecturer.[2]
N. P. Williams | |
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| Born | Norman Powell Williams 5 September 1883[1] |
| Died | 11 May 1943 (aged 59)[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Muriel de Lérisson (m. 1927) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
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| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| School or tradition | Liberal Anglo-Catholicism[2] |
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His 1924 Bampton Lectures were published in 1929 under the title The Ideas of the Fall and of Original Sin, which continues to be an influential source for students of original sin to this day.
Selected works
- The Ideas of the Fall and of Original Sin (Bampton Lectures 1924), 1927
- The Grace of God, 1930
- Sermons and Addresses, Compiled with a Memoir, SPCK, 1954
- Northern Catholicism; ed. by N. P. Williams & Charles Harris. London. S.P.C.K., 1933
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Kemp, E. W. (2004). "Williams, Norman Powell (1883–1943)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36927.
- "Williams, Rev. Norman Powell". Who Was Who. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U233496.
Further reading
- Cross, F. L.; Livingstone, E. A., eds. (2005). "Williams, Norman Powell". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (rev. 3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780192802903.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3.
- Kemp, E. W., ed. (1954). N.P. Williams: Sermons and Addresses, Compiled with a Memoir. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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| Preceded by Walter Lock |
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity 1927–1943 |
Succeeded by F. L. Cross |
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