Hugh Black
British theologian
Died when: 85 years 11 days (1020 months)Star Sign: Aries
Hugh Black (March 26, 1868 – April 6, 1953) was a Scottish-American theologian and author.Black was born on March 26, 1868, in Rothesay, Scotland.He received a Master of Arts degree from Glasgow University in 1887, and studied divinity at Free Church College in Glasgow from 1887 until 1891.
Black was ordained in 1891 and became associate pastor at St.George's Free Church in Edinburgh in 1896, where he worked with Alexander Whyte.
Black emigrated to the United States in 1906 to accept the position of chair of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from Yale University in 1908 and from Princeton University and Glasgow University in 1911, and later accepted a position of pastor of the First Congregational Church in Montclair, New Jersey.
Black retired from Union Theological Seminary in 1938.Black also authored numerous books and sermons, including:
* Friendship (1898)
* Culture and Restraint (1900)
* Christ's Service of Love (1907)
* Happiness (1911)
* The New World (1915)
* The Adventure of Being Man (1929)
* Christ or Caesar (1938)
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