Hugh Mackintosh

Hugh Ross Mackintosh (31 October 1870 – 8 June 1936) was a Scottish theologian, and parish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1932.

Early life and education

He was born in Paisley on 31 October 1870, where his father (Alexander Mackintosh who was married to Janet Ross) held the Free Church Gaelic charge; his parents died young and the Mackintosh children were raised by their aunt and her husband, who was the Free Church minister at Edderton, Ross-shire.

He attended the University of Edinburgh where he studied philosophy and classics; he then went on to the New College, Edinburgh to study divinity, as well as taking sessions at Freiburg, Halle and Marburg, where he became a particular friend of Wilhelm Herrmann.

He died on 8 June 1936 during a working visit to Stornaway.

Publications

The Doctrine of the Person of Christ The Originality of the Christian Message Selections from the Literature of Theism The Christian Experience of Forgiveness Translation of Schleiermacher's The Christian Faith