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And One Was a Priest: The Life and Times of Duncan M. Gray Jr.
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"Prince of the church, the most Christian of Christians, Duncan M. Gray Jr. set the standard to which all who love their God and their fellow man can repair. His extraordinary life and journey as priest and prophet during Mississippi's long, hard journey out of unabashed racism is captured here with loving discernment. Araminta Stone Johnston has given the magnificent life of a supremely good man a superb recounting."---Hodding Carter III, longtime Mississippi journalist and professor of leadership and public policy at University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill
"Araminta Johnston's account of Duncan Gray is not only the story of an extraordinary man in a time of crisis but also a narrative of hope for Church and world. This is a compelling story that hopefully will be read not as another example of `southern literature' but of what it means to be a human being."---Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School
The story of the civil rights movement is not simply the history of its major players but is also the stories of a host of lesser-known individuals whose actions were essential to the movement's successes. Duncan M. Gray Jr., an Episcopal priest who served various Mississippi parishes between 1953 and 1974, when he was elected bishop of Mississippi, is one of those individuals. And One Was a Priest is his remarkable story.
From one perspective, Gray (b. 1926) would seem an unlikely spokesman for racial equality and reconciliation. He could have been content simply to become a member of the white, male Mississippi "club." Gray could have embraced a comfortable life and ignored the burning realities around him. But he chose instead to use his priesthood to speak in unpopular but prophetic support of justice and equality for African Americans. From his student days at the seminary at the University of the South, to his first church in Cleveland, Mississippi, and most famously to St. Peter's Parish in Oxford, where he confronted rioters in 1962, Gray steadfastly and fearlessly fought the status quo. He has continued to work for racial reconciliation, inside and outside of the church, throughout his life.
This biography not only tells Gray's story but also reveals the times and people that helped make him. The author's question is "What makes a good person?" And One Was a Priest suggests there is much to learn from Gray's choices and his struggle.
"Araminta Johnston's account of Duncan Gray is not only the story of an extraordinary man in a time of crisis but also a narrative of hope for Church and world. This is a compelling story that hopefully will be read not as another example of `southern literature' but of what it means to be a human being."---Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School
The story of the civil rights movement is not simply the history of its major players but is also the stories of a host of lesser-known individuals whose actions were essential to the movement's successes. Duncan M. Gray Jr., an Episcopal priest who served various Mississippi parishes between 1953 and 1974, when he was elected bishop of Mississippi, is one of those individuals. And One Was a Priest is his remarkable story.
From one perspective, Gray (b. 1926) would seem an unlikely spokesman for racial equality and reconciliation. He could have been content simply to become a member of the white, male Mississippi "club." Gray could have embraced a comfortable life and ignored the burning realities around him. But he chose instead to use his priesthood to speak in unpopular but prophetic support of justice and equality for African Americans. From his student days at the seminary at the University of the South, to his first church in Cleveland, Mississippi, and most famously to St. Peter's Parish in Oxford, where he confronted rioters in 1962, Gray steadfastly and fearlessly fought the status quo. He has continued to work for racial reconciliation, inside and outside of the church, throughout his life.
This biography not only tells Gray's story but also reveals the times and people that helped make him. The author's question is "What makes a good person?" And One Was a Priest suggests there is much to learn from Gray's choices and his struggle.
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Araminta Stone Johnston is assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. She grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, where she was a member of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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