Willem Muurling

Who was Willem Muurling?

Willem Muurling was a Dutch theologian who was a native of Bolsward. He was father-in-law to theologian Abraham Kuenen.

He studied theology at Utrecht, and from 1832 to 1837 served as a pastor in Stiens. Afterwards he taught classes at the Rijksatheneum in Franeker, and in 1840 relocated to the University of Groningen, where he was a professor of theology.

Muurling was a prominent member of the so-called "Groningen School", a progressive movement within the Dutch Reformed Church. One of his better known publications was a textbook on practical theology titled Practische Godgeleerdheid of beschouwing van de Evangeliebediening. Other written efforts by Muurling include:

Louis Gerlach Pareau: Een Levensbeeld;, 1866.

Hervormde Kerk: Een handboek bij de Acad. lessen, Groningen 1851-'57,.

Resultaten van onderzoek en ervaring op godsdienst gebied, Groningen 1865-'67,.