Gerald Bonner

Gerald Bonner (18 June 1926–22 May 2013) was a conservative Anglican theologian and scholar of religion, who lectured at the Department of Theology of Durham University from 1964 to 1988. His son, Jeremy Bonner, is also a scholar of religion.

He received a scholarship to the Stationers' Company's School in Hornsey. After demobilization, he received an ex-serviceman's university grant for three years of study at Wadham College, Oxford (1949-1952), where he studied under Pat Thompson and was awarded a First in History.

From 1953 to 1964 he was a keeper of manuscripts at the British Museum. Together with David Rollason and Clare Stancliffe, he helped organize a conference on St. Cuthbert in 1986. He retired early in 1988 in order to ensure the appointment of a successor, but shortly thereafter was selected as the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Early Christian Studies at the Catholic University of America (1990-1994).

He was openly critical of the theological pronouncements of David Jenkins, whose elevation to the see of Durham in 1984 he felt obliged to protest. Reluctantly agreeing to stand for the General Synod in 1990, he resigned his seat following his appointment to the CUA professorship.

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Works
  • Bonner, Gerald (1963). St Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies. SCM Press.[3]
  • Bonner, Gerald (2007). Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1474-0.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Passing of Prof. Gerald Bonner - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. University, Catholic. "Department of History Announces First Gerald Bonner Graduate Research Award". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. Outler, Albert C. (25 June 2016). "St. Augustine of Hippo: Life and Controversies, by Gerald Bonner. 428 pp. Philadelphia, Westminster Press, 1963. $8.50". Theology Today. 21 (4): 533–535. doi:10.1177/004057366502100426.
  4. Meconi, David (May 2008). "Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom. By Gerald Bonner". The Heythrop Journal. 49 (3): 486–487. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2008.00395_9.x.
  5. Gould, G. (1 October 2007). "Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom. By GERALD BONNER". The Journal of Theological Studies. 58 (2): 807–808. doi:10.1093/jts/flm103.
  6. O.s.b, Donato Ogliari (10 January 2010). "Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 96 (1): 92–93. doi:10.1353/cat.0.0629. ISSN 1534-0708.
  7. Stanciu, Diana (3 August 2008). "Freedom and Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power and Human Freedom (review)". Journal of Early Christian Studies. 16 (2): 270–272. doi:10.1353/earl.0.0000. ISSN 1086-3184.
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