Alexander Campbell Cheyne
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The Rev. Professor Alexander Campbell Cheyne (1 June 1924 – 31 March 2006), commonly known as A. C. Cheyne, was one of the foremost Scottish scholars of Church History, teaching at New College, Edinburgh
from 1958 until his retirement in 1986.
Alec Cheyne was known for his gracious spirit, academic thoroughness and devotion to his students. He helped generations gain a more nuanced appreciation of key personalities in Scottish history and rising above the polarities of Scottish ecclesiastical conflict.
The festschrift
Scottish Christianity in the Modern World (2000) was recently compiled in his honour.
New College, Edinburgh
New College was opened in 1846 as a college of the Free Church of Scotland, later of the United Free Church of Scotland, and from the 1930s has been the home of the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh...
from 1958 until his retirement in 1986.
Alec Cheyne was known for his gracious spirit, academic thoroughness and devotion to his students. He helped generations gain a more nuanced appreciation of key personalities in Scottish history and rising above the polarities of Scottish ecclesiastical conflict.
Works
Among his major publications are:- The Transforming of The Kirk (1983) on Church in ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
during the Victorian EraVictorian eraThe Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence... - The Practical and the Pious (1985), on the life and work of Thomas ChalmersThomas ChalmersThomas Chalmers , Scottish mathematician, political economist, divine and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland, was born at Anstruther in Fife.-Overview:...
- The Ten Years' Conflict and the DisruptionDisruption of 1843The Disruption of 1843 was a schism within the established Church of Scotland, in which 450 ministers of the Church broke away, over the issue of the Church's relationship with the State, to form the Free Church of Scotland...
(1993) on the secession of the Free Church of ScotlandFree Church of Scotland (1843-1900)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
from the Church of ScotlandChurch of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
in 1843.
The festschrift
Festschrift
In academia, a Festschrift , is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing...
Scottish Christianity in the Modern World (2000) was recently compiled in his honour.