John Bowden (theologian)

John Bowden
The Reverend; John Bowden
Born	John Stephen Bowden; 17 May 1935; Halifax, England
Died	6 December 2010 (aged 75)
Occupation	Cleric; publisher; theologian;
Employer	SCM Press
	Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1962 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Influences	Christopher Evans
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
School or tradition	Liberal Christianity
Institutions	University of Nottingham

John Stephen Bowden (1935–2010) was an English Anglican priest, publisher, and theologian.[1]

Life

Born on 17 May 1935 in Halifax, Yorkshire,[1] Bowden was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he came under the influence of Christopher Evans.[2] He was ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Southwell in 1962.[3]

Bowden was a lecturer in theology at the University of Nottingham when, in 1966, he was appointed managing director of the religious publisher SCM Press,[4] which published works by leading continental theologians such as Martin Hengel, Gerd Theissen, Edward Schillebeeckx, Hans Küng, and Jürgen Moltmann. He held the post until his retirement in 2000.[3]

He translated a number of theological works, including Martin Noth's Exodus, Aloys Grillmeier's Christ in Christian Tradition, Martin Hengel's Judaism and Hellenism (1975), and Henning Graf Reventlow's The Authority of the Bible and the Rise of the Modern World (1985). Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize twice, for the Hengel and Graf Reventlow translations, in total Bowden translated more than 200 books and authored a number himself.

Bowden died of prostate cancer on 6 December 2010[2] and was survived by his wife and their three children.[1]

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References

Morgan, Robert (18 January 2011). "The Rev John Bowden Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
"The Rev Dr John Bowden". The Times. London. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
Houlden, Leslie (15 December 2010). "Obituary: The Revd Dr John Bowden". Church Times. London. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
"The Reverend Dr John Bowden". The Telegraph. London. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

Awards
Preceded by Geoffrey Skelton	Schlegel-Tieck Prize 1975	Succeeded by Marian Jackson

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[The_Guardian_obituary-1] Morgan, Robert (18 January 2011). "The Rev John Bowden Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

[The_Times_obituary-2] "The Rev Dr John Bowden". The Times. London. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Church_Times_obituary-3] Houlden, Leslie (15 December 2010). "Obituary: The Revd Dr John Bowden". Church Times. London. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[4] "The Reverend Dr John Bowden". The Telegraph. London. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2019.