Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and members of the laity working with children and young people as lay pioneers and within a pastoral capacity such as lay chaplaincy.

History

Ridley Hall was founded in 1881 and named in memory of Nicholas Ridley (martyr), Nicholas Ridley, a leading Anglican theologian and martyr of the sixteenth century. The college's first principal was the theologian Handley Moule, later Bishop of Durham. It was founded under the same Deed of Trust as its sister college Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and to this day both colleges have the ability to nominate two members to the Hall Council of the other.

Present day

Ridley Hall offers several Common Awards, Common Award qualifications, validated by Durham University. Although not a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, the school has ties with the university's Faculty of Divinity. Some students who are also in a constituent college of the university can be awarded qualifications by Cambridge. Ridley Hall forms part of the Cambridge Theological Federation, along with Westcott House, Cambridge, Westcott House, Westminster College, Cambridge, Westminster College, the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, and others. Ridley Hall's teaching leans towards an Evangelicalism, evangelical theology. It is one of three Church of England theological colleges that self-identify as "Open Evangelical", the others being Trinity College, Bristol, Trinity College in Bristol, and Cranmer Hall, Durham, Cranmer Hall in Durham. The current principal of Ridley Hall is Michael Volland. Volland succeeded Andrew Norman (priest), Andrew Norman, who moved on to become Director of Ministry and Mission in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds, Diocese of Leeds. It publishes an academic journal, ''Anvil''.

Notable staff and alumni

*Jonathan Bailey (bishop), Jonathan Bailey *Richard Bauckham *Jeremy Begbie *Edward Armstrong Bennett *Andrew Briggs *Arthur Buxton"Buxton, Arthur", in ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (1930), p. 190 *Christopher John Cocksworth *Timothy Dudley-Smith *Dick Lucas (minister), Dick Lucas *Michael Nazir-Ali *Mike Ovey *Gavin Peacock *John Sentamu *David Sheppard *John Stott *John Waine *David Watson (evangelist), David Watson *David Wenham (theologian), David Wenham *Andrew White (priest), Andrew White

List of principals

Thus far, all the principals have been ordained Anglican clergy. *1881–1899 (res.): Handley Moule *1889–1907 (res.): Thomas Drury (bishop), Thomas Drury *1907–1927 (res.): Arthur Tait *1927–1945 (res.): Paul Gibson (priest), Paul Gibson *1945–1950 (res.): Falkner Allison *1951–1963 (res.): Cyril Bowles *1963–1971 (res.): Michael Hennell (priest), Michael Hennell *1971–1972 (res.): Francis Palmer (priest), Francis Palmer *1973–1978 (res.): Keith Sutton (bishop), Keith Sutton *1978–1991 (res.): Hugo de Waal *1992–2001 (res.): Graham Cray *2001–2008 (res.): Christopher Cocksworth *2009–2016 (res.): Andrew Norman (priest), Andrew Norman *2016–present: Michael Volland

References

External links

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Ridley Hall websiteCambridge Theological Federation website
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