W. Stanford Reid: An Evangelical Calvinist in the Academy

424 Pages·2004·6.24 MB·English

by  A. Donald MacLeod

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Priscilla and Stanford Reid on board the Pelee, 1960
(courtesy the Estate, Stanford and Priscilla Reid, per Hugh
Anderson, executor)
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W. Stanford Reid
An Evangelical Calvinist
in the Academy
a. donald macleod
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca
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© McGill-Queen’s University Press 2004
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MacLeod, A. Donald
W. Stanford Reid : an evangelical Calvinist in the academy
/ A. Donald MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0-7735-2770-2(cloth)
isbn 0-7735-2818-0(pbk)
1. Reid, W. Stanford (William Stanford), 1913–1996.
2. College teachers – Canada – Biography. 3. Presbyterian
Church in Canada – Clergy – Biography. 4. Presbyterians
– Canada – Biography. 5. Calvinists – Canada – Biogra-
phy. 6. Evangelicalism – Canada. 7. Authors – Cana-
dian (English) – 20th century – Biography. I. Title.
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To the memory of
alexander napier macleod
To the future of
alexander newnham macleod
The heritage and the hope of
the presbyterian church in canada
“We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses”
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