John Caird (December 15, 1820 – July 30, 1898) was a theologian, born at Greenock and educated at Glasgow. He entered the Church of Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers.
After being a minister in the country and in Edinburgh, he was transferred to Glasgow, becoming in 1862 Professor of Divinity in the University of that city, and in 1873 Principal.
A sermon on Religion in Common Life, preached before Queen Victoria, mad...
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John Caird (December 15, 1820 – July 30, 1898) was a theologian, born at Greenock and educated at Glasgow. He entered the Church of Scotland, of which he became one of the most eloquent preachers.
After being a minister in the country and in Edinburgh, he was transferred to Glasgow, becoming in 1862 Professor of Divinity in the University of that city, and in 1873 Principal.
A sermon on Religion in Common Life, preached before Queen Victoria, made him known throughout the Protestant world. He wrote an Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (1880), and a vol. on Spinoza (1888).
In the years 1892-1896 Caird delivered the Gifford Lectures, on The Fundamental Ideas of Christianity.
His brother was the philosopher, Edward Caird.
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