Modern Atheism - Dodo Press Author:James Buchanan James Buchanan (1804-1870) was a Church of Scotland minister and theologian. After studies in Glasgow and Edinburgh, he was ordained minister of the Church of Scotland at Roslin in 1827 and received the parish of North Leith in 1828, where he attained great fame as a preacher. In 1840, Buchanan was called to St Giles's Church, Edinburgh, but joi... more »ned the Free Church of Scotland following the Disruption of 1843, ministring at St Stephen's Free Church until 1845. In 1845, he was appointed professor of apologetics at the New College of the Free Church in Edinburgh, and succeeded Thomas Chalmers as professor of systematic theology in 1847, which he held until 1868. His works include: Comfort in Affliction (1837), Improvement of Affliction (1840), The Office and Work of the Holy Spirit (1842), On the Tracts for the Times (1843), Studies in Apologetics: Faith in God and Atheism Compared in Their Essential Nature, Theoretical Grounds and Practical Influence (1855) and Modern Atheism (1857).« less