Donald Macpherson Baillie (1887 – 1954) was a Scottish theologian, ecumenist, and parish minister.

Life

Raised in the Calvinist tradition, Baillie studied at University of Edinburgh and then at the University of Marburg, where he was influenced by the theologian Wilhelm Herrmann. After some time as a Church of Scotland parish minister, he wrote Faith in God and its Christian Consummation (1927).[1] This led to his appointment as a professor of divinity at St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, where he spent the remainder of his life.

In 1948 he, Isobel Forrester and his brother John formed the Scottish Churches Ecumenical Association, which in 1950 merged with the Dollarbeg group which had organised ecumenical conferences since 1945[2] or 1946.[3]

His more famous work was God was in Christ (1948), which explored the paradox of grace, and applied it to incarnational theology.

References

  1. ↑ Relton, H. M. (May 1928). "Book Review: Faith in God and its Christian Consummation". Theology. 16 (95): 298–299. doi:10.1177/0040571x2801609521. ISSN 0040-571X.
  2. ↑ Gay, Doug. "A Practical Theology of Church and World: Ecclesiology and Social Vision in 20th Century Scotland" (PDF). University PhD thesis – via University of Edinburgh.
  3. ↑ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "Isobel Forrester", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66407, retrieved 5 June 2023


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