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Brian Stanley

b. 1953

British historian

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About Brian Stanley

Born 1953. Brian Stanley is a historian.

Brian Stanley is a British historian and Emeritus Professor of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, best known for his works in the history of Christian missions and world Christianity.

Biography He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, Surrey. He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in history from the University of Cambridge and has taught in theological colleges in London, Bristol, and Cambridge.

From 1996 to 2001, he was director of the Currents in World Christianity Project at the University of Cambridge. During his tenure in Cambridge he also served as the director of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (formerly the Henry Martyn Centre) and was a fellow of St Edmund's College. He joined the faculty at the University of Edinburgh in January 2009 and served as Director for the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the School of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh until 2018. He is currently Emeritus Professor of World Christianity.

He has previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Studies in World Christianity and part of the editorial board of The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Along with Robert Eric Frykenberg, Stanley is co-editor of the Studies in the History of Christian Missions book series from the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

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1953
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University of Cambridge
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British historian

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Brian Stanley was born in 1953.

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Brian Stanley is a historian.

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