Biography:Oliver Chase Quick

Short description: English theologian

The Reverend Oliver Chase Quick
Born	(1885-06-21)21 June 1885 Sedbergh, England
Died	21 January 1944(1944-01-21) (aged 58) Longborough, England
Spouse(s)	Frances Winifred Pearson
Parent(s)	Robert Hebert Quick Bertha Parr
Ecclesiastical career
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1911 (deacon) 1912 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	Theology philosophy
Institutions	Durham University University of Oxford

Oliver Chase Quick (21 June 1885 – 21 January 1944) was an English theologian, philosopher, and Anglican priest.({{{1}}}, {{{2}}})

Early life and education

Oliver Quick was born on 21 June 1885 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, the son of the educationist Robert Hebert Quick and Bertha Parr.({{{1}}}, {{{2}}}) He was educated at Harrow School and studied classics and theology at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.({{{1}}}, {{{2}}})

Quick married Frances Winifred Pearson, a niece of Karl Pearson.

Ecclesiastical and academic career

In his works he advocated the doctrines of soul sleep and conditional immortality. He was one of the leading exponents of orthodox Anglicanism({{{1}}}, {{{2}}}) and upheld a position similar to that of the authors of Essays Catholic and Critical (1926). He followed systematic and synthetic rather than historical methods and expressed his thought in a modern way.

Quick died on 21 January 1944 in Longborough, Gloucestershire, and was buried four days later in the churchyard in Longborough.

Published works

Books

• Quick, Oliver Chase (1913). Catholic and Protestant Elements in Christianity. London: Longmans, Green & Co.. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1915). Modern Philosophy and the Incarnation. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1916). Essays in Orthodoxy. London: Macmillan. https://archive.org/details/essaysinorthodox00quicuoft. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1919). The Testing of Church Principles. London: John Murray. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1922). Liberalism, Modernism and Tradition: Bishop Paddock Lectures, 1922. London: Longmans, Green & Co.. https://archive.org/details/liberalismmodern00quicuoft. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1923). Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (1st ed.). London: SCM Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1924). Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (2nd ed.). London: SCM Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1927). The Christian Sacraments. London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. https://archive.org/details/MN41397ucmf_6.  (Reissued several times, including a Fontana Library edition in 1964.)
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1931). Philosophy and the Cross. London: Oxford University Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1931). The Ground of Faith and the Chaos of Thought. London: Nisbet. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1931). The Realism of Christ's Parables. London: SCM Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1933). The Gospel of Divine Action. London: Nisbet. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1934). Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (3rd ed.). London: SCM Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1936). Christian Beliefs and Modern Questions (4th ed.). London: SCM Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1938). Doctrines of the Creed: Their Basis in Scripture and Their Meaning To-Day. London: Nisbet. https://archive.org/details/doctrinesofthecr028274mbp.  (Reissued several times including a Fontana Library edition in 1963.)
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1940). Christianity and Justice. London: The Sheldon Press. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1944). The Gospel of the New World: A Study in the Christian Doctrine of Atonement. Prefatory memoir by William Temple. Introduction by F. Winifred Quick. London: Nisbet. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515717. 

Book chapters

• "Goodness and Happiness". In A. D. Lindsay. Christianity and the Present Moral Unrest. London: George Allen & Unwin. pp. 73–86. 1926.
• "The Doctrine of the Church of England on Sacraments". In R. Dunkerley. The Ministry and the Sacraments. London: SCM Press. pp. 124–137. 1937.

Journal articles

• Quick, Oliver C. (1910). "The Humanist Theory of Value: A Criticism". Mind (Oxford University Press) 19 (74): 218–230. doi:10.1093/mind/XIX.1.218. ISSN 0026-4423. https://zenodo.org/record/1971849. 
• Quick, Oliver C. (1911). "The Humanist Theory of Value". Mind (Oxford University Press) 20 (78): 256–257. doi:10.1093/mind/XX.78.256. ISSN 0026-4423. 
• Quick, O. C. (1912). "Mysticism: Its Meaning and Danger". The Journal of Theological Studies (Oxford University Press) 14 (53): 1–9. doi:10.1093/jts/os-XIV.1.1. ISSN 0022-5185. https://zenodo.org/record/1531124. 
• Quick, Oliver (1913). "Bergson's 'Creative Evolution' and the Individual". Mind (Oxford University Press) 22 (4): 217–230. doi:10.1093/mind/XXII.4.217. ISSN 0026-4423. https://zenodo.org/record/2472050. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1923). "God as King and Father: Address to the 10th Conference of Modern Churchmen". The Modern Churchman 13: 409–418. 
• Quick, Oliver C. (1925). "The Fact and Doctrine of the Resurrection". Anglican Theological Review 8: 114–123. ISSN 0003-3286. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1928). "The Jerusalem Meeting and the Christian Message". International Review of Mission 17 (3): 417–576. doi:10.1111/j.1758-6631.1928.tb04485.x. ISSN 1758-6631. 
• Quick, Oliver C. (1929). "Books That Have Influenced Our Epoch: Canon Streeter's 'Reality'". The Expository Times 40 (8): 344–348. doi:10.1177/001452462904000802. ISSN 0014-5246. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1937). "Christian Theology and Moral Principles". The Expository Times 47 (5): 200–207. doi:10.1177/001452463704800502. ISSN 0014-5246. 
• Quick, O. C. (1939). "Dogmatic Theology". Theology 38 (226): 246–254. doi:10.1177/0040571X3903822602. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• Quick, O. C. (1939). "Justice and Love". Theology 39 (229): 5–14. doi:10.1177/0040571X3903922902. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• Quick, O. C. (1939). "The Doctrine Report and the Sacraments". Theology 39 (233): 344–353. doi:10.1177/0040571X3903923304. ISSN 0040-571X. 

Other

• Quick, Oliver Chase (1917). Fasting Communion: A Discussion. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1927). Some Arguments for the New Prayer Book. London: League of Loyalty and Order. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1933). Religion and Science as Ways of Knowledge. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark. 

References

Works cited

• Chapman, Mark D. (2004). "Quick, Oliver Chase (1885–1944)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35639. 
• Chapman, Mark D. (2006). "Quick, Oliver Chase (1885–1944)". in Brown, Stuart. Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers. 2. Bristol, England: Thoemmes Continuum. pp. 830–831. ISBN 978-1-84371-096-7. 
• Chapman, Mark (2017). "The Oxford History of Anglicanism. Volume IV: Global Western Anglicanism, c. 1910–present". in Morris, Jeremy. The Oxford History of Anglicanism. Volume IV: Global Western Anglicanism, c. 1910–present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 25–49. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199641406.003.0002. ISBN 978-0-19-964140-6. 
• Cross, F. L., ed (1957). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. London: Oxford University Press. p. 1132. 
• Lindgren, C. E. (2004). "Quick, Robert Hebert (1831–1891)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22954. 
• Lucas, Paul (1993). "Oliver Quick". Theology 96 (769): 4–19. doi:10.1177/0040571X9309600102. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• MacKinnon, Donald M. (1993). "Oliver Chase Quick as a Theologian". Theology 96 (770): 101–117. doi:10.1177/0040571X9309600202. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• Mozley, John Kenneth (1945). "Oliver Quick as a Theologian – II". Theology 48 (296): 30–36. doi:10.1177/0040571X4504829602. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1938). Doctrines of The Creed (1st ed.). Welwyn, England: James Nisbet & Co. (published 1960). 
• Robbins, Keith (2008). England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: the Christian Church, 1900–2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263715.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-826371-5. 
• Sell, Alan P. F. (2010). Four Philosophical Anglicans: W. G. DeBurgh, W. R. Matthews, O. C. Quick, H. A. Hodges. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock (published 2015). ISBN 978-1-4982-2008-8. 

Further reading

• Douglas, Brian (2012). "The Early Twentieth Century". A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology. Volume 2: The 20th Century to the Present. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 67–270. ISBN 978-90-04-22133-8. 
• Hughes, Alexander J. (2015). Oliver Quick and the Quest for a Christian Metaphysic. London: Routledge (published 2016). ISBN 978-1-317-08596-6. 
• Mozley, John Kenneth (1945). "Oliver Quick as a Theologian – I". Theology 48 (295): 6–11. doi:10.1177/0040571X4504829503. ISSN 0040-571X. 
• Quick, Oliver Chase (1944). "Memoir". The Gospel of the New World: A Study in the Christian Doctrine of Atonement. London: Nisbet. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515717.