David Miall Edwards (22 January 1873 – 29 January 1941) was a

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Non-conformist writer and

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who wrote in both

and

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. Edwards was born in Llanfyllin,

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(now Powys) in 1873. He was educated at

Bala-Bangor Theological Seminary Bala-Bangor was a theological seminary belonging to the Welsh Independents ( Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg), an association of Welsh congregationalists. It was founded in 1841 at Llanuwchllyn, then moved to a permanent location at Bala, Gwyne ...

and Mansfield College, Oxford. After a period as a minister, he became a teacher of theology at Brecon Congregational Memorial College, Aberhonndu (Brecon), where he remained until his retirement in 1934. He died in Brecon on 29 January 1941. He was editor of ''Y Dysgedydd'' (1915–18) and ''Yr Efrydydd'' ( 1920-28) and has been identified as a social liberal and 'one of Welsh Nonconformity’s four main protagonists of social thinking', applying the gospel in political, economic, social and religious terms to the social conditions which had resulted from more than a century of industrialization. He also wrote contributions for the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

Writings

* ''Crefydd a Bywyd'' (1915) * ''Crist a Gwareiddiad'' (1921) * ''The Philosophy of Religion'' (1923) * ''Iaith a Diwylliant Cenedl'' (1927) * ''Bannau'r Ffydd'' (1929) * ''Christianity and Philosophy'' (1932) Published by T & T Clark, Edinburgh, * ''Crefydd a Diwylliant'' (1934)

References

External sources

Publications page at amazon.co.uk
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