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Walter Ralston Martin (September 10, 1928 – June 26, 1989), was an American Evangelical Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a para-church ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics.〔''Contemporary Authors'' Volume 129, Detroit: Gale Research, 1990, p. 287.〕〔Douglas Groothuis, "Walter R. Martin" in ''Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions'', ed. A. Scott Moreau, Grand Rapids: Baker Books,2000, p.601.〕 As the author of the influential ''The Kingdom of the Cults'' (1965), he has been dubbed the "godfather of the anti-cult movement".〔Michael J. McManus, "Eulogy for the godfather of the anti-cult movement", ''The Free Lance-Star'', Fredricksburg, VA, 1989-8-26.〕 == Birth and early years == Martin was born in Brooklyn, New York to George Washington Martin II (1876–1948) and Maud Ainsworth (1892–1966). His father was a prominent figure in the legal profession who served as an assistant District attorney, before working as a criminal trial lawyer. In 1920 George Martin became a county court judge and presided over cases involving some of the notorious Murder Inc criminals.〔"G.W.Martin Dies; Ex-County Judge" ''New York Times'', 23 November 1948, p. 30.〕 Martin's mother, Maud Ainsworth, was born in Chicago to Joseph Ainsworth and Annie Young. She was one of several children born of that marriage, but was put up for adoption. She was adopted by her uncle and aunt James McIntyre (theatrical actor) (1857–1937) a vaudevillian (one partner of the black-face duo: Thomas Heath and Jim McIntyre), and Emma Maude Young (1862–1935), a dancer and balladeer (known on stage as Maude Clifford and Maud Clifton).〔"James McIntyre, Stage Star, Dies," ''New York Times'', 19 August 1937, p. 19.〕 Martin was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, and was the youngest of six children. In his earliest years the family lived on Macdonough Street, and then from 1930 onwards on Bainbridge Street, Brooklyn.〔The family is identified as living at these residences in the 1920 US Federal Census and 1930 US Federal Census. See: ''1920 US Federal Census'', Brooklyn District 5, Kings County, New York, Roll T625_1152, p. 3A, Enumeration District 292; and, ''1930 US Federal Census'', Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Roll 1502, p.11A, Enumeration District 274. Both documents accessible to subscribers at http://www.ancestry.com〕 In the mid-1940s he attended The Stony Brook School where he obtained his high school diploma.〔"Dr. Walter R. Martin", ''The Christian Librarian'', Volume 13, number 4, April 1970, p. 3. Also see Walter R. Martin, ''Essential Christianity'', Rev. Ed., (Santa Ana, California: Vision House, 1975, pp.11-12. Robert L. Brown & Rosemary Brown, ''They Lie in Wait To Deceive'', Volume 3, Mesa, Arizona: Brownsworth Publishing, 1986, pp. 5-6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Ralston Martin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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