Milton Hook

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Milton Raymond Hook (born 1939) is a Seventh-day Adventist religion educator, author and church historian. He is an honorary research fellow at Avondale College, New South Wales, Australia. [1]

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Biography

Hook was born in Perth, Western Australia, and attended North Inglewood (website) and Bickley (website) elementary schools before entering Carmel College in Perth and Kent Street Senior High School, finishing with six credits including three distinctions.

During 1958 and 1959 he was a trainee schoolteacher at Manjimup and Victoria Park before proceeding to Avondale College, New South Wales, where he completed the Elementary Teachers Certificate (1961) and a Bachelor of Arts (1964). He was president of his graduation class.

Further studies were taken at the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Ohio (now Trinity Lutheran Seminary), and Andrews University in Michigan, graduating with a Master of Arts and Doctor of Education (1978). With the encouragement of his advisor, Hook wrote Flames Over Battle Creek based on his MA work. [2] His doctoral dissertation is titled, "The Avondale School and Adventist Educational Goals, 1894–1900)." [3] While doing this research he became the only known Australian to have read all of the Australian manuscripts of Seventh-day Adventist Church pioneer Ellen G. White, written during the years 1892 to 1901.[ citation needed ]

He has worked as a church pastor in Australia and Ohio, a mission director in Papua New Guinea, and a religion teacher in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Throughout his career he has exercised his interest in historical research and the publication of his findings.

Hook served his local community in Rotary Club (1984–1995) including several directorships and as president of the Waitara branch in Sydney. [4] He is also a committee member of the Sydney Adventist Forum, the Eastwood-Epping Philatelic Society, and secretary of the Royal Sydney Philatelic Club. He does volunteer work for the Philatelic Society of New South Wales.

Milton Hook has also served as the president of the Sydney Adventist Forum. [5] At a meeting in 2005 Sydney Adventist Forum reminisced about the momentous gathering of Adventist scholars and administrators at Glacier View, Colorado in 1980. Approximately 250 people attended the Sydney Adventist Forum meeting. [5] Two presentations were given by Desmond Ford (the subject of the 1980 meeting), as well as a paper delivered by Arthur Patrick, and a paper by Norm Young was read (although he was not present). [6]

In 2008, Hook released a biography titled, Desmond Ford: Reformist Theologian, Gospel Revivalist published by Adventist Today . [7] The book has started healthy debate in Seventh-day Adventist circles as it clarifies issues in Adventist theology. [8] This is the first official biography of Dr Desmond Ford with Hook charging the church hierarchy with calumny during Ford's defrocking. The book is heavily footnoted. It emphasises the Christian gospel, and describes a number of key Adventist doctrines. [9]

Publications

Hook has edited or contributed to the following journals: [10]

Book chapters by his pen are included in:

He was a consultant for Kerrin Cook, "The Railway Came to Ku-Ring-Gai," [11] and contributed to The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia. [12]

Books and monographs by Milton Hook

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References

  1. ↑ Milton Hook, Desmond Ford: Reformist Theologian, Gospel Revivalist (Riverside, California: Adventist Today Foundation, 2008)
  2. ↑ Corson, Ron; Milton Hook (24 April 2008). "A Recent Interview with Milton Hook". cafesda.blogspot.com. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.library.puc.edu/heritage/bib-EGWAuNZ.html. Link unavailable as of May 2009
  4. ↑ Three of his leadership positions are stated in the "Board History" webpage of the Rotary Club of Waitara
  5. 1 2 Report: Sydney Adventist Forum Remembers Glacier View Twenty-Five Years Later Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine by Dr. Milton Hook, former president of Sydney Adventist Forum, 16 January 2006
  6. ↑ "Report: Sydney Australia Adventist Forum Remembers Glacier View Twenty-Five Years Later Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine " by Milton Hook, former president of Sydney Adventist Forum, 16 January 2006
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 January 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ Hook, Milton (2008). Desmond Ford: Reformist Theologian, Gospel Revivalist. Riverside, California: Adventist Today. ISBN   0-9786141-9-4. publisher's page Archived 7 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Reviews include "Review: The Hook book on Ford", Avondale College Connections. It states, "Details in his text may evoke debate and experience clarification, but the big picture he paints will sustain the most rigorous investigation." See also "Why Does Desmond Ford’s Biographer Lament Our Wesleyan Heritage?" by David Larson. Spectrum blog article
  9. ↑ Milton Hook. Desmond Ford: Reformist Theologian, Gospel Revivalist (Riverside, California: Adventist Today Foundation, 2008 pages i–iv., 261–269, 338)
  10. ↑ http://www.jewel.andrews.edu:82/search/a?SEARCH=hook%2c+milton
  11. ↑ (Parramatta, NSW: Macarthur Press Pty.Ltd., 1991), p.457
  12. ↑ "The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia – Contributors". The Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia (website). The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  13. ↑ "Education History and Statistics in the South Pacific Division".
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