James M.
Houston, a British-born Canadian theologian and academic who was professor of spiritual theology and the first principal of Regent College in Vancouver, died on March 15, 2026. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 21, 1922, he studied geography at the University of Oxford after moving there in 1945 and later served as a geography lecturer and fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.
In 1970, he emigrated with his wife and four children to North America and helped found Regent College, where he was principal from 1970 to 1978 and was appointed to the chair in 1991.
James Macintosh Houston (21 November 1922 – 15 March 2026) was a British-born Canadian Protestant theologian and academic who was Professor of Spiritual Theology and the first Principal of Regent College in Vancouver.