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Rev. '''Laurence William Grensted''' [[Master of Arts|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] (1884–1964) was a British [[Anglican priest]] and [[theologian]]. He was [[Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion]] at the [[University of Oxford]].
Rev. '''Laurence William Grensted''' [[Master of Arts|MA]] [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] (1884–1964) was a British [[Anglican priest]] and [[theologian]]. He was [[Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion]], associated with [[Oriel College]] at the [[University of Oxford]].


Laurence Grensted studied at [[University College, Oxford]] and was subsequently a [[Fellow (college)|Fellow]] there from 1924 to 1930.<ref name="darwall-smith08">{{cite book| last=Darwall-Smith | first=Robin | title=A History of University College, Oxford | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-19-928429-0 | page=535 }}</ref> He was the author of ''A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement'', published in 1920.<ref name="grensted20">{{cite book| last=Grensted | first=L. W. | title=A Short History Of The Doctrine Of The Atonement | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4532119-a-short-history-of-the-doctrine-of-the-atonement | website=[[Goodreads]] | date=1920 }}</ref><ref name="grensted13">{{cite book| last=Grensted | first=L. W. | title=A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-History-Doctrine-Atonement/dp/1289749116 | website=[[Amazon.co.uk]] | publisher=[[Nabu Press]] | date=2013 | isbn=978-1289749118 }}</ref>
Laurence Grensted studied at [[University College, Oxford]] and was subsequently a [[Fellow (college)|Fellow]] there from 1924 to 1930.<ref name="darwall-smith08">{{cite book| last=Darwall-Smith | first=Robin | title=A History of University College, Oxford | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-19-928429-0 | page=535 }}</ref> He was the author of ''A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement'', published in 1920.<ref name="grensted20">{{cite book| last=Grensted | first=L. W. | title=A Short History Of The Doctrine Of The Atonement | url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4532119-a-short-history-of-the-doctrine-of-the-atonement | website=[[Goodreads]] | date=1920 }}</ref><ref name="grensted13">{{cite book| last=Grensted | first=L. W. | title=A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-History-Doctrine-Atonement/dp/1289749116 | website=[[Amazon.co.uk]] | publisher=[[Nabu Press]] | date=2013 | isbn=978-1289749118 }}</ref>
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Grensted delivered the 1930 [[Bampton Lectures]] at Oxford on ''Psychology and God'', a study of the implications of recent psychology for religious belief and practice.<ref>{{cite book| first=Rev. L. W. | last=Grensted | url=https://archive.org/details/psychologyandgod029177mbp | title=Psychology and God: A Study of the Implications of Recent Psychology for Religious Belief and Practice | date=1930 | publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co. | location=London, New York, Toronto }}</ref>
Grensted delivered the 1930 [[Bampton Lectures]] at Oxford on ''Psychology and God'', a study of the implications of recent psychology for religious belief and practice.<ref>{{cite book| first=Rev. L. W. | last=Grensted | url=https://archive.org/details/psychologyandgod029177mbp | title=Psychology and God: A Study of the Implications of Recent Psychology for Religious Belief and Practice | date=1930 | publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co. | location=London, New York, Toronto }}</ref>


Grensted was a member of the British Psychological [[Royal Entomological Society]].<ref name="prm">{{cite book| url=http://history.prm.ox.ac.uk/collector_1462.html | title=Collector: Laurence William Grensted | work=Relational Museum Collector Information | publisher=[[Pitt Rivers Museum]] | location=Oxford, UK | accessdate=20 January 2017 }}</ref> He was later [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] and then Canon Emeritus at [[Liverpool Cathedral]].<ref name="npg" />
Grensted was a member of the [[Royal Entomological Society]].<ref name="prm">{{cite book| url=http://history.prm.ox.ac.uk/collector_1462.html | title=Collector: Laurence William Grensted | work=Relational Museum Collector Information | publisher=[[Pitt Rivers Museum]] | location=Oxford, UK | accessdate=20 January 2017 }}</ref> He was later [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] and then Canon Emeritus at [[Liverpool Cathedral]].<ref name="npg" />


Photographs of Laurence Grensted are held in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].<ref name="npg">{{cite web| url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp77586/laurence-william-grensted | title=Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964), Canon Emeritus, Liverpool Cathedral | publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]] }}</ref>
Photographs of Laurence Grensted are held in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]].<ref name="npg">{{cite web| url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp77586/laurence-william-grensted | title=Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964), Canon Emeritus, Liverpool Cathedral | publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]] }}</ref>

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Rev. Laurence William Grensted MA DD (1884–1964) was a British Anglican priest and theologian. He was Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, associated with Oriel College at the University of Oxford.

Laurence Grensted studied at University College, Oxford and was subsequently a Fellow there from 1924 to 1930.[1] He was the author of A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement, published in 1920.[2][3]

Grensted delivered the 1930 Bampton Lectures at Oxford on Psychology and God, a study of the implications of recent psychology for religious belief and practice.[4]

Grensted was a member of the Royal Entomological Society.[5] He was later Canon and then Canon Emeritus at Liverpool Cathedral.[6]

Photographs of Laurence Grensted are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[6]

References

  1. ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin (2008). A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press. p. 535. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
  2. ^ Grensted, L. W. (1920). A Short History Of The Doctrine Of The Atonement. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Grensted, L. W. (2013). A Short History of the Doctrine of the Atonement. Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1289749118. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Grensted, Rev. L. W. (1930). Psychology and God: A Study of the Implications of Recent Psychology for Religious Belief and Practice. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green, & Co.
  5. ^ Collector: Laurence William Grensted. Oxford, UK: Pitt Rivers Museum. Retrieved 20 January 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b "Laurence William Grensted (1884–1964), Canon Emeritus, Liverpool Cathedral". National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Preceded by
Clement Webb
Nolloth Professor of the
Philosophy of the Christian Religion

1930?–1951
Succeeded by