Hugh Black was a Scottish-American theologian and author

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Black was born on March 26, 1868 in Rothesay, Scotland

Rothesay, Argyll and Bute

The town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow. At the centre of the town is Rothesay Castle, a ruined castle which dates back to the 13th...

. He received a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (Scotland)

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 degree from Glasgow University in 1887, and studied divinity at Free Church College in Glasgow from 1887 until 1891. Black was ordained in 1891 and became associate pastor at St. George's Free Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh in 1896, where he worked with Alexander Whyte

Alexander Whyte

Alexander Whyte was a Scottish divine. He was born at Kirriemuir in Forfarshire and educated at the University of Aberdeen and at New College, Edinburgh....

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Black emigrated to the United States in 1906 to accept the position of chair of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

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 in New York City

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. He received honorary Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity

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 degrees from Yale University

Yale University

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 in 1908 and from Princeton University

Princeton University

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 and Glasgow University in 1911, and later accepted a position of pastor of the First Congregational Church in Montclair, New Jersey

Montclair, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...

. Black retired from Union Theological Seminary in 1938.

Black also authored numerous books and sermons, including:

• Friendship (1898)
• Culture and Restraint (1900)
• Christ's Service of Love (1907)
• The New World (1915)
• The Adventure of Being Man (1929)
• Christ or Caesar (1938)

External links

• Works by Hugh Black at Google Books