Robert C. Walton

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Robert C. Walton (born December 18, 1932 in New Jersey , † December 6, 2000 in Switzerland ) was a Reformed theologian and church historian.

Life

Robert C. Walton studied theology and history and received his PhD from Yale University in 1964 . He then taught history at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Wayne State University in Detroit .

From 1978 to 1993 Walton taught and researched at the Evangelical Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . Here the focus of his research into church history was on Reformedism, starting with the Swiss Ulrich Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger to the English Presbyterians, where he also had his own roots.

Research into the Protestant free churches, which is often neglected in Germany, received new impulses from him in Münster. Among other things, he founded an association at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in 1990 together with other theologians and historians with the aim of researching and providing information on the history of the free churches. In 2001 the association was named " Association for Free Church Research eV".

From 1987 to 1990 Prof. Walton was dean of the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University. His international experience benefited the exchange of students and teachers. For health reasons, Professor Walton had to retire early in 1993. He lived in Morgarten ZG with his wife, a Swiss woman, until his death .

His research focus was the Swiss Reformation , in particular Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger .

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personal data
SURNAME Walton, Robert C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2000
Place of death Switzerland