J. R. Illingworth
John Richardson Illingworth (26 June 1848 – 22 August 1915) was an English Anglican priest, philosopher, and theologian. He was a notable member of the set of liberal Anglo-Catholic theologians based in Oxford, and he contributed two chapters to the influential Lux Mundi.[6][7]
J. R. Illingworth | |
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| Born | John Richardson Illingworth 26 June 1848 London, England |
| Died | 22 August 1915 (aged 67) Longworth, England |
| Spouse |
Agnes Louisa Gutteres
(m. 1883) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
| Ordained |
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Congregations served | St Mary's Church, Longworth |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | Philosophical theology[5] |
| School or tradition | Liberal Anglo-Catholicism |
| Institutions | |
Early life and education
Illingworth was born in London on 26 June 1848[8] to an Anglo-Catholic family,[9] the second son of Edward Arthur Illingworth (1807–1883), chaplain to Middlesex House of Correction,[10] and his wife, Mary Taylor.[11] He was educated at St Paul's School, an all-boys public school in London.[12] As a child, he worshipped at St Alban's Church, Holborn, and at All Saints, Margaret Street.[12] He won both an exhibition and a scholarship to attend the University of Oxford.[13] He then studied literae humaniores (classical studies) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and achieved first-class honours in both mods and greats,[14] graduating in 1871 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[15]
In 1900, Illingworth was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) degree by the University of Edinburgh.[16][17]
Career
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From 1872 to 1883, Illingworth was a Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, Oxford, and a Tutor of Keble College, Oxford.[18] He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1875 and as a priest in 1876.[19] From 1883 until his death, he was Rector of St Mary's Church, Longworth in the Diocese of Oxford.[18] He was also a Select Preacher of the University of Oxford from 1882 to 1891 and of the University of Cambridge from 1884 to 1895.[18] In 1894, he gave the Bampton Lectures at the University of Oxford; the series was titled "Personality, Human and Divine".[20] He was made an honorary canon of Christ Church, Oxford, on 6 February 1905.[21]
Personal life
In June 1883, Illingworth became engaged to Agnes Louisa Gutteres.[22] They were married at St Bartholomew's Church in Nymet Rowland, Devon, on 2 August 1883.[23]
Illingworth died on 22 August 1915 in Longworth, aged 67,[24] and was buried at St Mary's Church.[25]
Selected works
- Illingworth, J. R. (1881). Sermons Preached in a College Chapel. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1889). "The Problem of Pain: Its Bearing on Faith in God". In Gore, Charles (ed.). Lux Mundi.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1889). "The Incarnation in Relation to Development". In Gore, Charles (ed.). Lux Mundi.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1893). University and Cathedral Sermons. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1894). Personality, Human and Divine: Being the Bampton Lectures for the Year 1894. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1898). Divine Immanence: An Essay on the Spiritual Significance of Matter. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1902). Reason & Revelation: An Essay in Christian Apology. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1907). The Doctrine of the Trinity Apologetically Considered. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1911). Divine Transcendence and Its Reflection in Religious Authority. London: Macmillan and Co.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1915). The Gospel Miracles: An Essay with Two Appendices. London: Macmillan and Co.
References
Footnotes
- Hoskins 1999, p. 193; Patrick 2009, pp. 260–261.
- Patrick 2009, p. 260.
- Patrick 2009, p. 258.
- Avis, Paul (1989). "The Atonement". In Wainwright, Geoffrey (ed.). Keeping the Faith: Essays to Mark the Centenary of Lux Mundi. London. p. 137.
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- "J. R. Illingworth". The Spectator. 3 November 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917; "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- Bengtsson 2006.
- England 1997, p. 78.
- Foster 1893, p. 514; Venn & Venn 1947, p. 515.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 3.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 5.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 6.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 6; "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- Foster 1893, p. 514.
- "University Intelligence". The Times. No. 36080. London. 3 March 1900. p. 8.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 174.
- "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 31.
- J. R. Illingworth 1894; "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 113; "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 67.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, p. 72.
- A. L. Illingworth 1917, pp. 290–291, 340; "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson" 2014.
- Patrick 2009, p. 278.
Bibliography
- Bengtsson, Jan Olof (2006). "Illingworth, John Richardson (1848–1915)". In Grayling, A. C.; Goulder, Naomi; Pyle, Andrew (eds.). The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975469-4.
- Cantelon, John Edward (1951). John Richardson Illingworth: Philosophical Theologian (PhD thesis). Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC 54824068.
- England, Richard (1997). Aubrey Moore and the Anglo-Catholic Assimilation of Science in Oxford (PhD thesis). Toronto: University of Toronto. hdl:1807/11055. ISBN 978-0-612-27641-3.
- Foster, Joseph (1893). Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 1880–1892. Oxford: James Parker and Co.
- Hoskins, Richard (1999). "Social and Transcendent: The Trinitarian Theology of John Richardson Illingworth Re‐Examined". International Journal of Systematic Theology. 1 (2): 185–202. doi:10.1111/1463-1652.00013. ISSN 1468-2400.
- Illingworth, Agnes Louisa, ed. (1917). The Life and Work of John Richardson Illingworth. London: John Murray. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- Illingworth, J. R. (1894). Personality, Human and Divine: Being the Bampton Lectures for the Year 1894. London: Macmillan and Co. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- "Illingworth, Rev. John Richardson". Who Was Who. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2014. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U187450.
- Patrick, James A. (2009). "John Richardson Illingworth and Reason's Romance: The Idealist Apology in Late-Victorian England". Anglican and Episcopal History. 78 (3): 249–278. ISSN 0896-8039. JSTOR 42612781.
- Venn, John; Venn, J. A. (1947). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 2 (3). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
- Young, David (1992). F. D. Maurice and Unitarianism. Oxford: Clarendon Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263395.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-826339-5. Retrieved 21 May 2019.