1. John Macquarrie was the author of Principles of Christian Theology and Jesus Christ in Modern Thought.
18 Facts About John Macquarrie
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John Macquarrie was born on 27 June 1919 in Renfrew, into a devout Presbyterian family.
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John Macquarrie's father was an elder in the Church of Scotland with strong Gaelic roots.
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John Macquarrie enlisted in the British Army and served from 1943 to 1948.
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John Macquarrie was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in the Church of Scotland in 1945 and then served in the Royal Army Chaplains Department.
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John Macquarrie returned to the University of Glasgow to study for a PhD, which he was awarded in 1954 while serving as lecturer in systematic theology at Trinity College, Glasgow.
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John Macquarrie's supervisor was Ian Henderson who, despite having been a pupil of Karl Barth at Basle, was theologically more closely aligned with his disputant, Rudolf Bultmann.
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In 1962 John Macquarrie was appointed Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
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John Macquarrie was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford and a canon residentiary of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1970 until 1986.
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John Macquarrie has received the honorary degrees of Doctor of Sacred Theology from the University of the South and the General Theological Seminary, Doctor of Divinity from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, the University of Dayton and the Graduate Theological Foundation, Indiana, and Doctor of Canon Law from Nashotah House.
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John Macquarrie is often categorised as both an existentialist and a systematic theologian.
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John Macquarrie remains one of the most important commentators and explainers of Heidegger's work.
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John Macquarrie was a notable English-language expositor on the theological and philosophical work of Rudolf Bultmann.
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John Macquarrie's work is characterised by even-handedness to all sides and viewpoints and, although not always readily accessible to those without a good background in philosophy, his writing is considered engaging and often witty - at least judged by the standards of existentialism and systematic theology.
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John Macquarrie believed that truth value could reside in other faith traditions, although he rejected syncretism.
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In that book, John Macquarrie commented on what he called nine historical figures who were viewed by their followers as mediators between the human and the divine.
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John Macquarrie is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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John Macquarrie's archives are maintained by the Bodleian Library, Oxford.