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Charles Earle Raven

チャールズ・イアール・レイヴン

Chāruzu Īaru Reivun

Aliases: Charles E. Raven

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1885-07-04 (London)
Died
1964-07-08 (Cambridge) age 79
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity (Anglican)
Residence History
London → Cambridge

Career

Occupations
Theologian, Anglican priest, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge
Active Years
1909-1964
Affiliations
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Christ's College, Cambridge
Memberships
Botanical Society of the British Isles (President 1951-1955), Field Studies Council (President 1953-1957)
Influenced By
Henri Bergson, James Bethune-Baker, Henry Melvill Gwatkin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Evelyn Underhill
Influenced
Arthur Peacocke, Ian Ramsey

Education

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Divinity
Country: United Kingdom
Open classical scholarship
Uppingham School
Country: United Kingdom
Educated at

Awards

James Tait Black Award
1947
Work: English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray
Category: 伝記部門
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray

1947 Biography-Natural History

A study of English naturalists from Neckam to Ray

Natural TheologyScience and Religion

Bibliography

  • What think ye of Christ? (1916)
  • Christian Socialism, 1848-1854 (1920)
  • Apollinarianism: An Essay on the Christology of the Early Church (1923)
  • In Praise of Birds (1925)
  • The Creator Spirit (1927)
  • Women and the Ministry (1929)
  • A Wanderer's Way (1929)
  • The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ (1933)
  • John Ray, naturalist: his life and works (1950)
  • Science, Religion, and the Future (1943)
  • English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray (1947)
  • Alex Wood: the man and his message (1952)
  • The Theological Basis of Christian Pacifism (1952)
  • Natural Religion and Christian Theology (1953)
  • Science, Medicine and Morals (1959)
  • Paul and the Gospel of Jesus (1960)
  • Teilhard de Chardin: Scientist and Seer (1962)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Natural theological approachIntegration of science and religion
Recurring Motifs
EvolutionPacifismChristian socialism

Legacy

Influential in history of science for publishing on positive effects of theology on modern science.