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A. R. (Arthur Richard) Whitham

1863–1930

An Anglican clergyman and religious writer, he produced clear, practical books on church history, worship, and the New Testament. His work was aimed at ordinary readers as much as students, which gives it a direct, accessible voice even now.

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The Christian Use of the Psalter

The Christian Use of the Psalter

by A. R. (Arthur Richard) Whitham

About the author

Ordained in the Church of England, Arthur Richard Whitham wrote a range of Christian books in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Surviving records of his publications identify him as A. R. Whitham (Arthur Richard), 1863–1930, and show that he wrote on subjects including church history, the Psalms, Holy Orders, and the Gospel of Luke.

His books suggest a writer deeply interested in how doctrine, worship, and history connect in everyday religious life. Titles such as The History of the Christian Church to the Separation of East and West and The Christian Use of the Psalter show both a historical bent and a pastoral concern for how older Christian traditions were understood and used.

Some details of his life are not easy to confirm from the sources available online, but his published work presents him as a thoughtful interpreter of Anglican belief and practice. Readers coming to him today will find an author who tried to make serious church teaching readable without stripping away its depth.