Charles Templeton | |
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Born | Charles Bradley Templeton October 7, 1915 |
Died | June 7, 2001 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 85)
Other names | Chuck |
Education | Parkdale Collegiate Institute Princeton Theological Seminary |
Occupation(s) | Evangelist, journalist, radio commentator, author, politician, inventor, cartoonist |
Notable work | Farewell to God |
Spouse(s) | Constance Oroczy 1939–1957 Sylvia Murphy 1959–1976[1] Madeleine Helen Stevens Leger 1980–2001 |
Children | Michael, Deborah, Bradley, and Tyrone |
Charles Bradley Templeton[2][3] (October 7, 1915 – June 7, 2001) was a Canadian media figure and a former Christian evangelist. Known in the 1940s and 1950s as a leading evangelist, he became an agnostic and later embraced atheism after struggling with doubt. Afterwards, he worked at various times in journalism, radio and writing.