William Douglas Mackenzie
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William Douglas Mackenzie, D.D., LL.D. (July 16, 1859-1936) was an American
Congregational
theologian, born at Fauresmith
, Orange River Colony
, South Africa
, educated in Edinburgh
at Watson's College School (1875) and at the Congregational Theological Hall (1880-82). He studied at Göttingen, then emigrated to the United States
whereat he served as professor of systematic theology at Chicago Theological Seminary at Hartford from 1895 to 1903, president of the Hartford Seminary after 1904, and served as President Emeritus of the Hartford Seminary Foundation from 1930 - ?. Mackenzie was also a member of the Hartford Civitan Club.
He was author of:
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Congregational
Congregational church
Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
theologian, born at Fauresmith
Fauresmith
Fauresmith is located 130 km south west of Bloemfontein. The town, named after Rev Phillip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, is the second oldest town in the Free State....
, Orange River Colony
Orange River Colony
The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after this nation first occupied and then annexed the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, educated in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
at Watson's College School (1875) and at the Congregational Theological Hall (1880-82). He studied at Göttingen, then emigrated to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
whereat he served as professor of systematic theology at Chicago Theological Seminary at Hartford from 1895 to 1903, president of the Hartford Seminary after 1904, and served as President Emeritus of the Hartford Seminary Foundation from 1930 - ?. Mackenzie was also a member of the Hartford Civitan Club.
He was author of:
- The Ethics of Gambling (1893, new edition, 1911)
- The Revelation of Christ (1896)
- Christianity and the Progress of Man (1897)
- South Africa: Its History, Heroes, and Wars (1899)
- A biography of his father, John Mackenzie, South African Missionary and Statesman ((1902)
- The Final Faith (1910)
- Galatians and Romans, in the Westminster New Testament (1912)
- Man's Consciousness of Immortality, (the Ingersoll Lecture, 1929)
- The Christ of the Christian Faith, (?, ?)
- Paternoster Sheen or Light On Man's Destiny, (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933)