Bryan W. Ball

Bryan W. Ball (born 11 July 1935) is a British theologian, academic, author, teacher, former Principal of Avondale College and former President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Bryan William Ball was born in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England on 11 July 1935,[1][5] the son of Cecil William Richard Ball and Nora (née Beardsell).[1]

Ball was educated at Bedford Modern School and Tavistock Grammar School.[1] He graduated BA from Newbold College, MA in Religion from Andrews University and was awarded a Ph.D from the University of London.[5]

Ball was Chair of Theology at Newbold College between 1976 and 1984.[3] In 1984 he moved to Australia to become Principal of Avondale College between 1984 and 1990.[5] He was later made President of the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church between 1990 and 1997[5] where he was instrumental in the further development of the Sydney Adventist Hospital and helped the Pacific Adventist College in Papua New Guinea achieve university status.[3][4]

Ball is a widely cited scholar who has written extensively on current and historical theological issues.[6]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Who's who in Australia". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church". google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.adventisthistory.org.uk/documents/CenturyofAdventism.pdf
  4. 1 2 "Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research - South Pacific Division". adventistarchives.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Bryan W. Ball". adventistbookcenter.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABall%2C+B.+W.&qt=hot_author Bryan W. Ball at WorldCat
  7. ↑ "A great expectation : eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "New England New Jerusalem: The Millenarian Dimension of Transatlantic ..." google.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "The English connection : the Puritan roots of Seventh-Day Adventist belief". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Journal of Ecclesiastical History - The English Connection: the Puritan roots of Seventh-day Adventist belief. By B. W. Ball. Pp. 252. James Clarke, 1981. £7.50. - Cambridge Journals Online". cambridge.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Seventh-day Men : Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600-1800". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Seventh-Day Men". James Clarke and Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "The essential Jesus : the man, His message, His mission". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  14. ↑ ""Christopher Feake 1612-1683" by Bryan W. Ball". avondale.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Can we still believe the Bible? : and does it really matter?". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "The soul sleepers : Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "The Soul Sleepers: Christian Mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley. By Bryan W. Ball". The Heythrop Journal. 51: 492–493. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2010.00573_11.x. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "The soul sleepers : Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley / Bryan W. Ball. - Version details - Trove". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "In the beginning : science and scripture confirm creation". worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.