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'''Dr Alan Clifford''' is a pastor in the Norwich Reformed Church, which is associated with the Farthing Trust. He is an outspoken proponent of [[Amyraldism]], or four-point [[Calvinism]].
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'''Alan Clifford''' is a pastor in the Norwich Reformed Church. He is an outspoken proponent of [[Amyraldism]], or four-point [[Calvinism]].

Clifford was born in 1941 and grew up in [[Farnborough, Hampshire]]. Out of Anglicanism, he embraced Puritanism through the direct influence of Dr [[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]] in 1963. After a career in mechanical and electrical engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, he pursued a BA in philosophy at [[University of Wales, Bangor]], 1966-69; followed by MLitt in philosophy of religion in 1978; PhD in historical theology in 1983. With his ordination to the congregational ministry in 1969, Dr Clifford has pursued pastoral ministry in Northampton, Gateshead, Gt Ellingham, Norfolk and Norwich.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Allan Clifford|url=https://oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk/dr-allan-clifford|access-date=2021-04-22|website=oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk}}</ref>

His doctoral thesis was published by Oxford University Press in 1990. He has written several influential books on theologies of Reformation, Calvinism, Calvinistic Methodism and Evangelical Protestantism<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr Allan Clifford|url=https://oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk/dr-allan-clifford|access-date=2021-04-22|website=oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk}}</ref> such as:
* Atonement and Justification: English Evangelical Theology 1640–1790: An Evaluation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atonement and Justification: English Evangelical Theology 1640–1790: An Evaluation - Oxford Scholarship|url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com//mobile/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198261957.001.0001/acprof-9780198261957|access-date=2021-04-22|website=oxford.universitypressscholarship.com|year=1990 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198261957.001.0001|last1=Clifford |first1=Alan C. |isbn=978-0-19-826195-7 }}</ref>
* Calvinus: Authentic Calvinism, A Clarification.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clifford, Alan C - AbeBooks|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/clifford-alan-c/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=www.abebooks.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>
*The Good Doctor: Philip Doddridge of Northampton. (A Tercentenary Tribute).<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Good Doctor: Philip Doddridge of Northampton. (A Tercentenary Tribute). by CLIFFORD, Alan C.:: (2002) Signed by Author(s) {{!}} CHILTON BOOKS|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/signed-first-edition/Good-Doctor-Philip-Doddridge-Northampton-Tercentenary/1321844057/bd|access-date=2021-04-22|website=www.abebooks.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>


In 2012 he was stopped from holding a weekly bookstall in Norwich following a complaint it was producing "hate-motivated" literature against Islam.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norwich Reformed Church banned for Islam 'hate' leaflet|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17733162|accessdate=29 April 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=16 April 2012}}</ref> In 2013 he was investigated by the police after describing the Norwich [[Gay pride|Pride]] celebrations as an “unashamed carnival of perverted carnality”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alan Clifford, Controversial Norwich Pastor, Under Investigation For Homophobic Comments|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/30/alan-clifford-pastor-homophobic-norwich_n_3843288.html|accessdate=29 April 2015|agency=Huffington Post|date=30 August 2013}}</ref>
In 2012 he was stopped from holding a weekly bookstall in Norwich following a complaint it was producing "hate-motivated" literature against Islam.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norwich Reformed Church banned for Islam 'hate' leaflet|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17733162|accessdate=29 April 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=16 April 2012}}</ref> In 2013 he was investigated by the police after describing the Norwich [[Gay pride|Pride]] celebrations as an “unashamed carnival of perverted carnality”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alan Clifford, Controversial Norwich Pastor, Under Investigation For Homophobic Comments|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/30/alan-clifford-pastor-homophobic-norwich_n_3843288.html|accessdate=29 April 2015|agency=Huffington Post|date=30 August 2013}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 9 February 2024

Alan Clifford is a pastor in the Norwich Reformed Church. He is an outspoken proponent of Amyraldism, or four-point Calvinism.

Clifford was born in 1941 and grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire. Out of Anglicanism, he embraced Puritanism through the direct influence of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones in 1963. After a career in mechanical and electrical engineering at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, he pursued a BA in philosophy at University of Wales, Bangor, 1966-69; followed by MLitt in philosophy of religion in 1978; PhD in historical theology in 1983. With his ordination to the congregational ministry in 1969, Dr Clifford has pursued pastoral ministry in Northampton, Gateshead, Gt Ellingham, Norfolk and Norwich.[1]

His doctoral thesis was published by Oxford University Press in 1990. He has written several influential books on theologies of Reformation, Calvinism, Calvinistic Methodism and Evangelical Protestantism[2] such as:

  • Atonement and Justification: English Evangelical Theology 1640–1790: An Evaluation.[3]
  • Calvinus: Authentic Calvinism, A Clarification.[4]
  • The Good Doctor: Philip Doddridge of Northampton. (A Tercentenary Tribute).[5]

In 2012 he was stopped from holding a weekly bookstall in Norwich following a complaint it was producing "hate-motivated" literature against Islam.[6] In 2013 he was investigated by the police after describing the Norwich Pride celebrations as an “unashamed carnival of perverted carnality”.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Dr Allan Clifford". oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dr Allan Clifford". oldmeetinghousechurch.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ Clifford, Alan C. (1990). "Atonement and Justification: English Evangelical Theology 1640–1790: An Evaluation - Oxford Scholarship". oxford.universitypressscholarship.com. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198261957.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-826195-7. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Clifford, Alan C - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "The Good Doctor: Philip Doddridge of Northampton. (A Tercentenary Tribute). by CLIFFORD, Alan C.:: (2002) Signed by Author(s) | CHILTON BOOKS". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Norwich Reformed Church banned for Islam 'hate' leaflet". BBC News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Alan Clifford, Controversial Norwich Pastor, Under Investigation For Homophobic Comments". Huffington Post. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.