Roland Bainton (1894–1984)
Author of Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
About the Author
Roland Bainton (1894-1984) was for forty-two years a professor of ecclesiastical history at Yale University. He was also the author of more than thirty books on Christianity. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Works by Roland Bainton
Christendom: A Short History of Christianity and Its Impact on Western Civilization, Volume 1 (1966) 140 copies
Christendom: A Short History of Christianity and Its Impact on Western Civilization, Volume 2 (1966) 133 copies
Christendom: A Short History of Christianity and Its Impact on Western Civilization [2-volume set] (1966) 38 copies
Yale and the ministry: A history of education for the Christian ministry at Yale from the founding in 1701 (1957) 29 copies
BE READY:1ST AND 2ND THESSALONIANS 4 copies
Correspondence (The) of Roland H. Bainton and Delio Cantimori (1932-1966). An Enduring Transatlantic Friendship Between (2002) 2 copies
The Preachers" Complete commentary 2 copies
Bernardino Ochino 2 copies
Lutero e la riforma protestante 2 copies
It Was a Miracle 1 copy
Sensō · heiwa · kirisutosha 1 copy
Marteinn Lúther 1 copy
Iglesia de Nuestros Padres 1 copy
They Built For Eternity 1 copy
The history of Christianity 1 copy
Associated Works
German Humanism and Reformation: Erasmus, Luther, Muntzer, and others (German Library) (1982) — Foreword — 29 copies
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- Canonical name
- Bainton, Roland
- Legal name
- Bainton, Roland Herbert
- Other names
- Bainton, Roland H.
- Birthdate
- 1894-03-30
- Date of death
- 1984-02-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- USA
- Education
- Whitman College (BA|1914)
Yale Divinity School (BD|1917)
Yale University (PhD|1921) - Occupations
- church historian
seminary professor emeritus - Organizations
- Yale University
Congregational Church (ordained 1927)
American Friends Service Committtee
Fellowship of Reconciliation - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1954)
- Short biography
- Bainton was born in England and emigrated first to Canada in 1898 and then to the United States in 1902. He taught church history at Yale Divinity School from 1920 to 1962, serving as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History from 1936. Bainton wrote prolifically and was an authority on Luther and the Reformation, Christian attitudes toward war, Congregational history, and the history of the Yale Divinity School.
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