Bryan W. Ball

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Bryan W. Ball
27th President of Avondale College
In office
1984–1990

Bryan W. Ball (born 11 July 1935) is a British theologian, author, teacher, former President of Avondale College and former President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Bryan William Ball was born in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England on 11 July 1935, [1] [5] the son of Cecil William Richard Ball and Nora (née Beardsell). [1]

Ball was educated at Bedford Modern School and Tavistock Grammar School. [1] He graduated BA from Newbold College, MA in Religion from Andrews University and was awarded a PhD from the University of London. [5]

Ball was Chair of Theology at Newbold College between 1976 and 1984. [3] In 1984 he moved to Australia to become President of Avondale College between 1984 and 1990. [6] He was later made President of the South Pacific Division between 1990 and 1997 [7] where he was instrumental in the further development of the Sydney Adventist Hospital and helped the Pacific Adventist College in Papua New Guinea achieve university status. [3] [4]

Ball is a widely cited scholar who has written extensively on current and historical theological issues. [8] [9]

Selected bibliography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sullivan, Leanne (2009). Who's who in Australia. Crown Content. ISBN   9781740951661 . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Cross, The Late F. L.; Cross, Frank Leslie; Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780192802903 . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Adventist Church in UK and Ireland | Home" (PDF).
  4. 1 2 "Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research – South Pacific Division". adventistarchives.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Bryan W. Ball". adventistbookcenter.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Avondale College Presidents". Adventist Archives. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "South Pacific Division Presidents". Adventist Archives. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Works by Bryan W. Ball".
  9. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (2014). The English Connection. The Lutterworth Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1cgf3k9. ISBN   9780227174456. JSTOR   j.ctt1cgf3k9.
  10. ↑ A great expectation : eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660 . Brill. 1975. ISBN   9789004043152. OCLC   1952573.
  11. ↑ New England New Jerusalem: The Millenarian Dimension of Transatlantic ... ISBN   9780542852039 . Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  12. ↑ The English connection : the Puritan roots of Seventh-Day Adventist belief. J. Clarke. 1981. ISBN   9780227678442. OCLC   8762753.
  13. ↑ Nuttall, Geoffrey F. (1982). "The Journal of Ecclesiastical History - The English Connection: the Puritan roots of Seventh-day Adventist belief. By B. W. Ball. Pp. 252. James Clarke, 1981. £7.50. – Cambridge Journals Online". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 33 (3): 506. doi:10.1017/S0022046900026804. S2CID   163334408.
  14. ↑ The Seventh-day Men : Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600–1800. Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. 1994. ISBN   9780198267522. OCLC   28585875.
  15. ↑ "The Seventh-Day Men". James Clarke and Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Ball, Bryan W.; Johnsson, William G. (2002). The essential Jesus : the man, His message, His mission. ISBN   9780816319299. OCLC   50260270.
  17. ↑ Ball, Bryan (January 2004). ""Christopher Feake 1612–1683" by Bryan W. Ball". Avondale.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (2007). Can we still believe the Bible? : and does it really matter?. ISBN   9781921292019. OCLC   181349937.
  19. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (January 2008). The soul sleepers : Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley. ISBN   9780227172605. OCLC   178316967.
  20. ↑ Ball, B. W. (1 January 2012). In the beginning : science and scripture confirm creation. ISBN   9780816326150. OCLC   772450038.
  21. ↑ Grounds for Assurance and Hope: Selected Biblical and Historical Writings of Bryan W. Ball. Avondale Academic Press. 9 December 2015. ISBN   9780958159142.
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