William Black Creighton was a Canadian minister, editor, social reformer, and pacifist. He received a B.A. at

Victoria University in the University of Toronto Victoria University is a federated university forming part of the wider University of Toronto, and was founded in 1836. The undergraduate section of the university is Victoria College, informally ''Vic'', after the original name of the univers ...

in 1890. In 1894 he received his D.D. and was ordained a Methodist minister. He was the assistant editor of ''

The Christian Guardian ''The Christian Guardian'' was a Wesleyan Methodist journal founded in Upper Canada in 1829. The first editor was Egerton Ryerson. It ceased publication in 1925 when the Methodist Church of Canada merged with the Presbyterians and Congregational ...

'' from 1900 to 1906, and editor from 1906 to 1925. "Under his pen, the ''Guardian'' moved into the vanguard of the prewar progressive peace movement". When his publication became '' The New Outlook'' in 1925 he remained as editor until 1937. Creighton's role in the Canadian peace movement has been compared to that of his American counterpart, Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of ''

The Christian Century ''The Christian Century'' is a Christian magazine based in Chicago, Illinois. Considered the flagship magazine of US mainline Protestantism, the monthly reports on religious news; comments on theological, moral, and cultural issues; and review ...

''". Also, he is considered "responsible for shaping the attitudes of a generation of Canadians on the issues of war and peace".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Creighton, William Black Canadian Christian pacifists Canadian Methodist ministers Canadian editors Methodist pacifists 1864 births 1946 deaths