Shirley Jackson Case

Shirley Jackson Case (1872–1947) was an historian of early Christianity, and a liberal theologian. He served as dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.


Shirley Jackson Case
Born(1872-09-28)September 28, 1872
DiedDecember 5, 1947(1947-12-05) (aged 75)
NationalityCanadian
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Baptist)
Academic background
Alma mater
Influences
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineEcclesiastical history
School or traditionTheological liberalism
Institutions

Biography

Case was born on September 28, 1872, in Hatfield Point, New Brunswick. He received a BA (1893) and MA (1896) in mathematics from Acadia University.[2] He taught mathematics at the New Hampton Library Institute.[2] In 1904, he obtained a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree[2] in 1908. He was professor of New Testament literature and interpretation at University of Chicago Divinity School until 1925.[2] In 1924, he served as president of the American Society of Church History[3] and, in 1926, served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.[4]

Case is known for his research into the person of Jesus, who he argued was a historical person.[5]

He edited The American Journal of Theology and its successor The Journal of Religion. Case considered himself a historian of Christianity. He was drawn to liberal theology.[6] He was convinced that Jesus was an historical person and criticized the arguments of Christ myth theory proponents.[7]

He died on December 5, 1947, in Lakeland, Florida.[2]

Selected publications

Books

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References

Footnotes

  1. Jesse 2005, p. 450.
  2. Jesse 2005, p. 449.
  3. Kumar 2004, p. 50.
  4. Attridge & VanderKam 2006, p. 345.
  5. Case, Shirley Jackson (1912). The Historicity of Jesus: A Criticism of the Contention that Jesus Never Lived, a Statement of the Evidence for His Existence, an Estimate of His Relation to Christianity. The University of Chicago Press.
  6. Jesse 2005.
  7. Bowen 1912; Moffatt 1912; Weaver 1999, pp. 127–133.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Hynes, William J. (1981). Shirley Jackson Case and the Chicago School: The Socio-Historical Method. Scholars Press.
  • Jennings, Louis B. (1949). The Bibliography and Biography of Shirley Jackson Case. University of Chicago Press.
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