Gordon Strachan (minister)
| Gordon Strachan | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 24, 1934 Cheam, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Minister, theologian, lecturer, author |
| Spouse(s) | Elspeth |
| Children | Christopher |
| Theological work | |
| Language | English |
Charles Gordon Strachan (January 24, 1934 – July 7, 2010) was a Church of Scotland minister, theologian, university lecturer and author.[1] He was regarded as a radical thinker with unorthodox views, such as his claim that Jesus may have travelled to Britain during his lost years to study with the Druids.[2][3][4]
After attending St Edward's School, Oxford, Strachan went on to obtain a degree in History from Oxford University and a PhD in Theology from New College, Edinburgh.[5] The subject of his doctoral thesis was Edward Irving, a 19th-century Scottish divine denounced as a heretic. Strachan was active in the Iona Community, taught courses at the Office of Lifelong Learning and lectured in the Department of Architecture at Edinburgh University.[2][4]
Strachan wrote a number of books including Jesus the Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity, which was the basis of a 45-minute documentary titled And Did Those Feet (2009) by Ted Harrison.[6]
Bibliography
- Pentecostal Theology of Edward Irving (1973)
- Freeing the Feminine (1985), co-authored with his wife Elspeth
- Christ and the Cosmos (1985), later republished as The Bible's Hidden Cosmology (2005)
- Jesus the Master Builder: Druid Mysteries and the Dawn of Christianity (1998)
- Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space (2003)
- The Return of Merlin: Star Lore and the Patterns of History (2006)
- Prophets of Nature: Green Spirituality in Romantic Poetry and Painting (2008)
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External links
- TV interview – Dr. Gordon Strachan
- Jesus 'may have visited England', says Scottish academic - BBC News article
- Blog in memory of Gordon Strachan
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