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]
Life
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
- A great expectation: eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660. Published by Brill, Leiden, 1975[7][8]
- The English connection: the Puritan roots of Seventh-Day Adventist belief. Published by J. Clarke, Cambridge, England, 1981[9][10]
- The Seventh-day Men: Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600-1800. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1994[11][12]
- The essential Jesus: the man, His message, His mission. Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association, Nampa, Idaho, 2002; Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 2002[13]
- Christopher Feake 1612-1683. Entry in the DNB, Oxford University Press, 2004[14]
- Can we still believe the Bible? : and does it really matter? Published by Signs Publishing Company, Victoria, Australia, 2007[15]
- The soul sleepers: Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley. Published by James Clarke & Co., Cambridge, 2008[16][17][18]
- In the beginning: science and scripture confirm creation. Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association, Nampa, Idaho, 2012[19]
References
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