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A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:22 PM Page i w. stanford reid A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:22 PM Page ii ii preface mcgill-queen’s studies in the history of religion Volumes in this series have been supported by the Jackman Foundation of Toronto. series two In memory of George Rawlyk Donald Harman Akenson, Editor 1 Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 10 Gentle Eminence 1640–1665 A Life of Cardinal Flahiff Patricia Simpson P. Wallace Platt 2 Aspects of the Canadian Evangelical 11 Culture, Religion, and Demographic Experience Behaviour G.A. Rawlyk, editor Catholics and Lutherans in Alsace, 1750–1870 3 Infinity, Faith, and Time Kevin McQuillan Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature 12 Between Damnation and Starvation John Spencer Hill Priests and Merchants in Newfoundland Politics, 1745–1855 4 The Contribution of Presbyterianism John P. Greene to the Maritime Provinces of Canada Charles H.H. Scobie and 13 Martin Luther, German Saviour G.A. Rawlyk, editors German Evangelical Theological Factions and the Interpretation of 5 Labour, Love, and Prayer Luther, 1917–1933 Female Piety in Ulster Religious Liter- James M. Stayer ature, 1850–1914 Andrea Ebel Brozyna 14 Modernity and the Dilemma of North American Anglican Identities, 6 The Waning of the Green 1880–1950 Catholics, the Irish, and William H. Katerberg Identity in Toronto, 1887–1922 Mark G. McGowan 15 The Methodist Church on the Prairies, 1896–1914 7 Religion and Nationality in Western George Emery Ukraine The Greek Catholic Church and the 16 Christian Attitudes Towards the State Ruthenian National Movement in of Israel Galicia, 1867–1900 Paul Charles Merkley John-Paul Himka 17 A Social History of the Cloister 8 Good Citizens Daily Life in the Teaching British Missionaries and Imperial Monasteries of the Old Regime States, 1870–1918 Elizabeth Rapley James G. Greenlee and 18 Households of Faith Charles M. Johnston Family, Gender, and Community in Canada, 1760–1969 9 The Theology of the Oral Torah Nancy Christie, editor Revealing the Justice of God Jacob Neusner A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:22 PM Page iii Preface iii 19 Blood Ground Colonialism, Missions, and the 26 Evangelicals and the Continental Contest for Christianity in the Divide Cape Colony and Britain, 1799–1853 The Conservative Protestant Subcul- Elizabeth Elbourne ture in Canada and the United States Sam Reimer 20 A History of Canadian Catholics Gallicanism, Romanism, and 27 Christians in a Secular World Canadianism The Canadian Experience Terence J. Fay Kurt Bowen 21 The View from Rome 28 Anatomy of a Seance Archbishop Stagni’s 1915Reports A History of Spirit Communication in on the Ontario Bilingual Schools Central Canada Question Stan McMullin John Zucchi, translator and editor 29 With Skilful Hand 22 The Founding Moment The Story of King David Church, Society, and the Construction David T. Barnard of Trinity College William Westfall 30 Faithful Intellect 23 The Holocaust, Israel, and Samuel S. Nelles and Canadian Protestant Churches Victoria University Haim Genizi Neil Semple 24 Governing Charities 31 W. Stanford Reid Church and State in Toronto’s An Evangelical Calvinist Catholic Archdiocese, 1850–1950 in the Academy Paula Maurutto A. Donald MacLeod 25 Anglicans and the Atlantic World High Churchmen, Evangelicals, and the Quebec Connection Richard W. Vaudry series one G.A. Rawlyk, Editor 4 The Dévotes 1 Small Differences Women and Church in Seventeenth- Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, Century France 1815–1922 Elizabeth Rapley An International Perspective 5 The Evangelical Century Donald Harman Akenson College and Creed in English Canada 2 Two Worlds from the Great Revival to the Great The Protestant Culture of Nineteenth- Depression Century Ontario Michael Gauvreau William Westfall 6 The German Peasants’ War and 3 An Evangelical Mind Anabaptist Community of Goods Nathanael Burwash and the James M. Stayer Methodist Tradition in Canada, 1839-1918 Marguerite Van Die A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:22 PM Page iv iv Preface 7 A World Mission 17 Christian Ethics and Political Econ- Canadian Protestantism and the omy in North America Quest for a New International Order, A Critical Analysis of U.S. and Cana- 1918–1939 dian Approaches Robert Wright P. Travis Kroeker 8 Serving the Present Age 18 Pilgrims in Lotus Land Revivalism, Progressivism, and the Conservative Protestantism in British Methodist Tradition in Canada Columbia, 1917–1981 Phyllis D. Airhart Robert K. Burkinshaw 9 A Sensitive Independence 19 Through Sunshine and Shadow Canadian Methodist Women Mission- The Woman’s Christian Temperance aries in Canada and the Orient, Union, Evangelicalism, and Reform in 1881–1925 Ontario, 1874–1930 Rosemary R. Gagan Sharon Cook 10 God’s Peoples 20 Church, College, and Clergy Covenant and Land in South Africa, A History of Theological Education Israel, and Ulster at Knox College, Toronto, Donald Harman Akenson 1844–1994 Brian J. Fraser 11 Creed and Culture The Place of English-Speaking 21 The Lord’s Dominion Catholics in Canadian Society, The History of Canadian Methodism 1750–1930 Neil Semple Terrence Murphy and Gerald Stortz, 22 A Full-Orbed Christianity editors The Protestant Churches and Social 12 Piety and Nationalism Welfare in Canada, 1900–1940 Lay Voluntary Associations and the Nancy Christie and Creation of an Irish-Catholic Com- Michael Gauvreau munity in Toronto, 1850–1895 23 Evangelism and Apostasy Brian P. Clarke The Evolution and Impact of 13 Amazing Grace Evangelicals in Modern Mexico Studies in Evangelicalism in Australia, Kurt Bowen Britain, Canada, and the United 24 The Chignecto Covenanters States A Regional History of Reformed George Rawlyk and Mark A. Noll, Presbyterianism in New Brunswick editors and Nova Scotia, 1827–1905 14 Children of Peace Eldon Hay W. John McIntyre 25 Methodists and Women’s Education 15 A Solitary Pillar in Ontario, 1836–1925 Montreal’s Anglican Church and the Johanne Selles Quiet Revolution 26 Puritanism and Historical Joan Marshall Controversy 16 Padres in No Man’s Land William Lamont Canadian Chaplains and the Great War Duff Crerar A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:22 PM Page v Preface v A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:23 PM Page vi vi Preface Priscilla and Stanford Reid on board the Pelee, 1960 (courtesy the Estate, Stanford and Priscilla Reid, per Hugh Anderson, executor) A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:23 PM Page vii preface vii W. Stanford Reid An Evangelical Calvinist in the Academy a. donald macleod McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Ithaca A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:23 PM Page viii viii preface © McGill-Queen’s University Press 2004 isbn 0-7735-2770-2 (cloth) isbn 0-7735-2818-0 (paper) Legal deposit third quarter 2004 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publica- tions Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (bpidp) for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication MacLeod, A. Donald W. Stanford Reid : an evangelical Calvinist in the academy / A. Donald MacLeod. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-7735-2770-2(cloth) isbn 0-7735-2818-0(pbk) 1. Reid, W. Stanford (William Stanford), 1913–1996. 2. College teachers – Canada – Biography. 3. Presbyterian Church in Canada – Clergy – Biography. 4. Presbyterians – Canada – Biography. 5. Calvinists – Canada – Biogra- phy. 6. Evangelicalism – Canada. 7. Authors – Cana- dian (English) – 20th century – Biography. I. Title. la2325.r43m32 2004 378.1¢2¢092 c2004-903840-0 This book was typeset by True to Type in 10/12Sabon A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:23 PM Page ix Preface ix To the memory of alexander napier macleod To the future of alexander newnham macleod The heritage and the hope of the presbyterian church in canada “We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses” A-FRONT.QXD 7/23/2004 4:23 PM Page x x Preface

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MacLeod's in-depth analysis examines how an observant Christian academic, unapologetically Calvinist, openly articulated his faith in a secular environment and helped convince evangelicals to abandon their ghettoizing anti-intellectualism. His discussion of Reid's international networking serves as
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