John Dunlop

John Dunlop, CBE (born 1939) is one of the most significant figures within Irish Presbyterianism in the latter half of the 20th century.

Early life and career

Born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, in 1939, he served with the Presbyterian Overseas Board as a minister with the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. His first congregation was at Mount Hermon in the west of Jamaica and then in 1971 he succeeded Rev David Lapsley, another Irish Presbyterian minister, as minister of Webster Memorial United Church in Kingston.

Academic degrees Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (1962), Queen's University of Belfast Honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD), Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland Honorary Doctor of Divinity(DD), Trinity College, Dublin Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Ulster Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD), Queen's University, Belfast

Awards

1989: Eisenhower Fellow from Eisenhower Fellowships in Philadelphia representing Northern Ireland.

1993: The "Cultural Traditions Award", in recognition of his "established and continuing contribution to debate on cultural diversity within Northern Ireland".

2004: CBE for services to the community.

Lectures 1985/86: The Warrack Lectures on "Preaching in the Midst of Conflict" in the Theological Faculties of the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and St Andrews.

Publications

Book: "A Precarious Belonging: Presbyterians and the Conflict in Ireland" (1995), a description of Presbyterians in Ireland and how their values and attitudes have underpinned political life in Northern Ireland since its beginning.