Shirley Jackson Case
{{Bio
|Nome = Shirley Jackson
|Cognome = Case
|Sesso = M
|LuogoNascita = Hatfield Point
|GiornoMeseNascita = 28 settembre
|AnnoNascita = 1872
|LuogoMorte = Lakeland
|LuogoMorteLink = Lakeland (Florida)
|GiornoMeseMorte = 5 dicembre
|AnnoMorte = 1947
|Epoca = 1900
|Attività = matematico
|Attività2 = teologo
|Nazionalità = canadese
|Immagine = Shirley Jackson Case.png
}}

== Biografia ==
Case nacque a Hatfield Point, nel New Brunswick. Conseguì un [[Bachelor's degree|BA]] (1893) e [[Master's degree|MA]] (1896) in matematica presso l'[[Università di Acadia]]. Insegnò matematica al New Hampton Library Institute. Nel 1904, ottenne un BD dalla [[Yale Divinity School]] e un [[dottorato di ricerca]] nel 1908. Fu assistente professore di interpretazione del [[Nuovo Testamento]] alla [[University of Chicago Divinity School]] fino al 1925. Era a capo della American Society of Church History.

Ha curato l'''American Journal of Theology'' e il suo successore ''[[The Journal of Religion]]''. Case si considerava uno [[Cristianesimo|storico del cristianesimo]]. Era attratto dalla [[Cristianesimo liberale|teologia liberale]]. Era convinto che Gesù fosse una persona storica e criticò gli argomenti dei sostenitori della teoria del [[Mito di Gesù|mito di Cristo]].<ref>Clayton R. Bowen. (1912). ''Review: The Historicity of Jesus and the Gospels''. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 16 (3): 459–462.</ref><ref>Moffatt, James. (1912). ''Reviewed Work: The Historicity of Jesus by Shirley Jackson Case''. ''The Biblical World'' 40 (3): 210–211.</ref><ref>Weaver, Walter P. (1999). ''The Historical Jesus in the Twentieth Century: 1900–1950''. Trinity Press International. pp. 127–133. {{ISBN|1-56338-280-6}}</ref>

== Opere principali ==
'''Libri'''
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774936 ''The Historicity of Jesus: A Criticism of the Contention that Jesus Never Lived, a Statement of the Evidence for His Existence, an Estimate of His Relation to Christianity''] (1912)
* [[iarchive:evolutionofearly00caseuoft|''The Evolution of Early Christianity: A Genetic Study of First-Century Christianity in Relation to Its Religious Environment'']] (1914)<ref>Anonymous. (1917). ''Reviewed Work: The Evolution of Early Christianity by Shirley Jackson Case''. ''The Biblical World'' 50 (1): 48.</ref>
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001411401 ''The Revelation of John: A Historical Interpretation''] (1919)
* [[iarchive:socialoriginsofc027949mbp|''The Social Origins of Christianity'']] (1923)
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002433106 ''Jesus: A New Biography''] (1927)
* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001399606 ''Experience With the Supernatural in Early Christian Times''] (1929)
* ''The Social Triumph of the Ancient Church'' (1933)
* [[iarchive:makersofchristia008595mbp|''Makers of Christianity: From Jesus to Charlemagne'']] (1934)
* ''Christianity in a Changing World'' (1941)<ref>Latourette, K. (1942). [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/church-history/article/christianity-in-a-changing-world-by-case-shirley-jackson-new-york-harper-brothers-1941-viii-204-pages-200/BE0FB9F4B2DB401F9DC742BE413C40A9 ''Christianity in a Changing World By Case Shirley Jackson'']. ''Church History'' 11 (1): 68.</ref>
* [[iarchive:christianphiloso012166mbp|''The Christian Philosophy of History'']] (1943)
* ''The Origins of Christian Supernaturalism'' (1946)
'''Documenti'''
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1910). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155252 ''Is Jesus a Historical Character?: Evidence for an Affirmative Opinion'']. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 15 (2): 205–227.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1910). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141393 ''The Missionary Idea in Early Christianity'']. The Biblical World 36 (2): 113–125.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1911). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155257 ''Jesus' Historicity: A Statement of the Problem'']. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 15 (2): 265–268.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1911). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3154930 ''Recent Books on the Question of Jesus' Existence'']. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 15 (4): 626–628. 
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1911). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155273 ''The Historicity of Jesus an Estimate of the Negative Argument'']. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 15 (1): 20–42.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1913). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3154862 ''The Problem of Christianity's Essence'']. ''The American Journal of Theology'' 17 (4): 541–562.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1920). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1507751 ''Reviewed Work: The Jesus Problem. A Restatement of the Myth Theory by J. M. Robertson'']. ''The Harvard Theological Review'' 13 (3): 295–296.
* Case, Shirley Jackson. (1921). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1195387 ''The Historical Study of Religion'']. ''The Journal of Religion'' 1 (1): 1–17.

== Note ==
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== Bibliografia ==
* William J. Hynes. (1981). ''Shirley Jackson Case and the Chicago School: The Socio-Historical Method''. Scholars Press.
* Louis B. Jennings. (1949). ''The Bibliography and Biography of Shirley Jackson Case''. University of Chicago Press.

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