John Macquarrie

John Macquarrie
Born	27 June 1919 Renfrew, Scotland
Died	28 May 2007 Oxford, England
Education	MA (1940), BD (1943), PhD (1954)
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Occupation	Professor of systematic theology Trinity College, Glasgow, and Union Theological Seminary, New York Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford Canon Residentiary, Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse(s)	Jenny Fallow (née Welsh)
Children	3 (2 sons, 1 daughter)

John Macquarrie TD FBA (27 June 1919 – 28 May 2007) was a Scottish-born theologian, philosopher and Anglican priest. He was the author of Principles of Christian Theology (1966) and Jesus Christ in Modern Thought (1991). Timothy Bradshaw, writing in the Handbook of Anglican Theologians, described Macquarrie as "unquestionably Anglicanism's most distinguished systematic theologian in the second half of the 20th century."

Macquarrie was born in Renfrew, into a devout Presbyterian family. His father was an elder in the Church of Scotland with strong Gaelic roots. Macquarrie was educated at Paisley Grammar School before studying philosophy at the University of Glasgow under the distinguished scholar Charles Arthur Campbell (MA 1940) and obtained a degree in theology (BD 1943).

Macquarrie enlisted in the British Army and served from 1943 to 1948. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in the Church of Scotland in 1945 and then served in the Royal Army Chaplains Department (1945–48). After demobilization he served as a parish minister in the Church of Scotland at St Ninian's Church, Brechin (1948–53).

Macquarrie returned to the University of Glasgow to study for a PhD, which he was awarded in 1954 while serving as lecturer in systematic theology at Trinity College, Glasgow. His supervisor was Ian Henderson who, despite having been a pupil of Karl Barth at Basle, was theologically more closely aligned with his disputant, Rudolf Bultmann.

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