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font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of Honour">CH</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Baillie_(NPG).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png/220px-John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png/330px-John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png/440px-John_Baillie_%28NPG%29.png 2x" data-file-width="557" data-file-height="799" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Baillie</b> (26 March 1886, <a href="/wiki/Gairloch" title="Gairloch">Gairloch</a> – 29 September 1960, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>) was a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> <a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister (Christianity)">minister</a> and brother of theologian <a href="/wiki/Donald_Macpherson_Baillie" title="Donald Macpherson Baillie">Donald Macpherson Baillie</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Baillie_(theologian)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Son of Free Church minister John Baillie (1829–1891), and his wife, Annie MacPherson, he was born in the Free Church manse in Gairloch, Wester Ross, on 26 March 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A leading theologian, he held academic posts in the UK, USA, and Canada. His brother Donald Macpherson Baillie was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Andrews and his other brother Peter Baillie served as a missionary doctor at Jalna, India.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raised in the <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinist tradition</a>, Baillie studied divinity at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh University">Edinburgh University</a>. After graduating he undertook further studies at both <a href="/wiki/Jena" title="Jena">Jena</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Marburg" title="University of Marburg">Marburg</a> in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> and then went to teach in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. He gained a D.Litt. on the theory of religion from Edinburgh University in 1928<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which formed the basis of a book published in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor">professor</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh University">Edinburgh University</a> from 1934 to 1959, serving as principal of <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Edinburgh" title="New College, Edinburgh">New College</a> and dean of the Faculty of Divinity from 1950 to 1956. He was <a href="/wiki/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly_of_the_Church_of_Scotland" title="Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland">Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</a> in 1943. In 1958 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (D. theol. h. c.) by the University of Jena on the occasion of the university's fourth centenary.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Household" title="Ecclesiastical Household">Chaplain in Ordinary to the King</a> in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baillie wrote <i>A Diary of Private Prayer</i> (1936), regarded as a devotional classic. But his most important contribution to theology was an exploration of the relationship of the knowledge of God to spiritual and moral experience. He served alongside of <a href="/wiki/John_T._McNeill" title="John T. McNeill">John T. McNeill</a> and Henry P. Van Dusen as a general editor of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wjkbooks.com/Products/066423108X/library-of-christian-classics-complete-set.aspx">Library of Christian Classics</a> series, which includes modern translations of the writings of Christian theologians and thinkers such as <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Aquinas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">Calvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Luther</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformers" title="Protestant Reformers">reformers</a> and early <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">church fathers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Convener of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly's "Commission for the Interpretation of God's Will in the Present Crisis" ("The Baillie Commission"), reporting to the Assembly 1941 to 1945, Baillie helped the Church to think through its approach and mission to the post-war world.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1948 he, and <a href="/wiki/Isobel_Forrester" title="Isobel Forrester">Isobel Forrester</a>, and his brother, Donald, formed the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Churches_Ecumenical_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scottish Churches Ecumenical Association (page does not exist)">Scottish Churches Ecumenical Association</a>, which in 1950 merged with the Dollarbeg group which had organised ecumenical conferences since 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after his death in 1960, the series of <a href="/wiki/Gifford_Lectures" title="Gifford Lectures">Gifford Lectures</a> he had prepared for the 1961–2 academic year was read by <a href="/wiki/John_McIntyre_(theologian)" title="John McIntyre (theologian)">John McIntyre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_F._Torrance" title="Thomas F. Torrance">Thomas F. Torrance</a> and published by Oxford University Press.<sup id="cite_ref-Baillie1962_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baillie1962-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Baillie_(theologian)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie,_Grange_Cemetery,_Edinburgh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/220px-The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/330px-The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg/440px-The_grave_of_Rev_John_Baillie%2C_Grange_Cemetery%2C_Edinburgh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2056" data-file-height="3088" /></a><figcaption>The grave of Rev John Baillie, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh</figcaption></figure> <p>He met Florence Jewel Fowler (1893–1969) while he was in France during the First World War. They married at Leamington Spa in 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their only child, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Fowler_Baillie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Fowler Baillie (page does not exist)">Ian Fowler Baillie</a>, was born in 1921. </p><p>He is buried with his wife Florence Jewel Baillie in <a href="/wiki/The_Grange,_Edinburgh" title="The Grange, Edinburgh">Grange Cemetery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> near the southeast corner of the original cemetery close to the Usher memorial. The grave is marked by a pale pink granite cross. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Baillie_(theologian)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Nigel M. de S. et al., <i>Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology</i>, pp. 693–698. T & T Clark, Edinburgh 1993. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-567-09650-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-567-09650-5">0-567-09650-5</a></li> <li>John McIntyre, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614101651/http://www.giffordlectures.org/Browse.asp?PubID=TPSPOG&Volume=0&Issue=0&ArticleID=1"><i>Foreword</i></a>, in John Baillie, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.giffordlectures.org/lectures/sense-presence-god"><i>The Sense of the Presence of God</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171026001502/http://www.giffordlectures.org/lectures/sense-presence-god">Archived</a> 26 October 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Oxford University Press, 1962</li> <li>George Newlands, "John and Donald Baillie" in Blackie, Nansie (2005) <i>A Time for Trumpets: Scottish Church movers and shakers of the twentieth century</i> Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press pp. 17–28.</li> <li>Norbert Nail: <i>John Baillie - Schotte, Pastor, Student 1909/11 in Jena und Marburg</i>. In: <i>Studenten-Kurier</i> 3/2017, pp. 16–18. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/uniarchiv/inhalte-pdf/sk-2017-3-john-baillie.pdf">https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/uniarchiv/inhalte-pdf/sk-2017-3-john-baillie.pdf</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Baillie_(theologian)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070218160815/http://baillie.lib.ed.ac.uk/">Edinburgh University's Baillie project</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.giffordlectures.org/lectures/sense-presence-god">The Sense of the Presence of God</a>, 1961-2 Gifford Lectures, Edinburgh.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080606074840/http://faith.propadeutic.com/authors/nonevang.html">Member of list of theologians</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.luc.edu/faculty/pmoser/idolanon/relWrit.shtml">Online versions of some of his writings</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Baillie_(theologian)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ewings Annals of the Free Church of Scotland: John Baillie</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Baillie Project, University of Edinburgh</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaillie1928" class="citation thesis cs1">Baillie, John (1928). <i>Introduction to the theory of religion</i> (D.Litt. hesis). <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/1842%2F26185">1842/26185</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Introduction+to+the+theory+of+religion&rft.date=1928&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F1842%2F26185&rft.aulast=Baillie&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaillie1928" class="citation book cs1">Baillie, John (1928). <i>The interpretation of religion; an introductory study of theological principles</i>. New York: Scribner.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+interpretation+of+religion%3B+an+introductory+study+of+theological+principles&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1928&rft.aulast=Baillie&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk/index.php/John_Baillie_(1886-1860)">"John Baillie (1886-1860) - Our History"</a>. <i>ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 February</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk&rft.atitle=John+Baillie+%281886-1860%29+-+Our+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fourhistory.is.ed.ac.uk%2Findex.php%2FJohn_Baillie_%281886-1860%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGazette16444" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/16444/page/231">"No. 16444"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Edinburgh_Gazette" title="The Edinburgh Gazette">The Edinburgh Gazette</a></i>. 6 June 1947. p. 231.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Edinburgh+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+16444&rft.pages=231&rft.date=1947-06-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FEdinburgh%2Fissue%2F16444%2Fpage%2F231&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/Calvin-Institutes-Christian-Religion-Classics-ebook-dp-B00IYW227A/dp/B00IYW227A/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1559565933"><i>Calvin: Institutes of Christian Religion (Kindle Sample)</i></a>. Westminster John Knox Press. 3 June 2019 – via Amazon.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Calvin%3A+Institutes+of+Christian+Religion+%28Kindle+Sample%29&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2019-06-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCalvin-Institutes-Christian-Religion-Classics-ebook-dp-B00IYW227A%2Fdp%2FB00IYW227A%2Fref%3Dmt_kindle%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26me%3D%26qid%3D1559565933&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Secretariat for Evangelism (1954) <i>Ecumenical Studies: Evangelism in Scotland</i> Geneva: The World Council of Churches p. 55; John Baillie, 'Preface' (1945) <i>God's Will for Church and Nation</i> London: SCM Press, pp. 7–8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGay" class="citation journal cs1">Gay, Doug. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://era.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/1699/Gay_thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">"A Practical Theology of Church and World: Ecclesiology and Social Vision in 20th Century Scotland"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>University PhD Thesis</i> – via University of Edinburgh.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=University+PhD+Thesis&rft.atitle=A+Practical+Theology+of+Church+and+World%3A+Ecclesiology+and+Social+Vision+in+20th+Century+Scotland&rft.aulast=Gay&rft.aufirst=Doug&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fera.ed.ac.uk%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F1842%2F1699%2FGay_thesis.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1%26isAllowed%3Dy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Baillie+%28theologian%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Baillie1962-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Baillie1962_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaillie1962" class="citation book cs1">Baillie, John (1962). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OjqKnQAACAAJ"><i>The Sense of the Presence of God</i></a>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1929–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_White_(minister)" title="John White (minister)">John White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Nisbet_Bogle" title="Andrew Nisbet Bogle">Andrew Bogle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Anderson_Graham" title="John Anderson Graham">John Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mackintosh" title="Hugh Mackintosh">Hugh Mackintosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauchlan_Watt" title="Lauchlan Watt">Lauchlan Watt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Donald_Thomson" title="Peter Donald Thomson">Peter Thomson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Lang_(son)" title="Marshall Lang (son)">Marshall Lang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lamont" title="Daniel Lamont">Daniel Lamont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dugald_MacFarlane_(moderator)" title="Dugald MacFarlane (moderator)">Dugald MacFarlane</a></li> 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