Malcolm Boyd

Malcolm Boyd (born June 8, 1923 in Buffalo, New York) is an American Episcopal Priest and author.

Biography

In the 1960s Boyd became known as “The Espresso Priest” for his religiously-themed poetry-reading sessions at the “Hungry i” nightclub in San Francisco. Boyd went on to become a prominent white clergyman in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 1977 Boyd came out of the closet becoming the most prominent Gay clergy person to come out. He is the author of over 30 books.

He lives in Los Angeles, California with his long-time partner, the gay activist and author Mark Thompson.

Boyd serves on the Advisory Board of White Crane Institute and is a frequent contributor to the gay wisdom and culture magazine White Crane.

Malcolm Boyd recorded a video interview in June 2008 in Los Angeles (Janet Kawamoto, interviewer) as a remembrance on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of St. Timothy's Episcopal parish in Indianapolis, of which Malcolm was rector (priest in charge). This 57-minute video was commissioned by the vestry (governing board) of the parish and is featured in three parts on Tangle.com at [1], [2] and [3], as well as on the St. Timothy's Web site at [4] . Father Boyd was the assistant priest at my church, the Church of the Atonement in DC in the 60's; it was a "black"church; hw was much loved. He autographed my copy of "Are You Running With Me , Jesus?".

• Crisis in Communication (Doubleday, 1957)
• Christ and Celebrity Gods (Seabury, 1958)
• Focus: Rethinking the Meaning of Our Evangelism (Morehouse-Barlow, 1960)
• If I Go Down to Hell (Morehouse-Barlow, 1962)
• The Hunger, the Thirst (Morehouse-Barlow, 1964)
• Are You Running with Me, Jesus? (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965)
• Free to Live, Free to Die (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967)
• Malcolm Boyd's Book of Days (Random House, 1968)
• The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Stone and Other Fables (Harper & Row, 1969)
• As I Live and Breathe (Random House, 1969)
• My Fellow Americans (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970)
• Human Like Me, Jesus (Simon and Schuster, 1971)
• The Lover (Word Books, 1972)
• The Runner (Word Books, 1974)
• The Alleluia Affair (Word Books, 1975)
• Christian: Its Meanings in an Age of Future Shock (Hawthorn, 1975)
• Am I Running with You, God? (Doubleday, 1977)
• Take Off the Masks (Doubleday, 1978; rev. ed. HarperCollins 1993, White Crane Books 2008)
• Look Back in Joy (Gay Sunshine Press, 1981; rev. ed. Alyson, 1990)
• Half Laughing, Half Crying (St. Martin’s Press, 1986)
• Gay Priest: An Inner Journey (St. Martin’s Press, 1986)
• Edges, Boundaries and Connections (Broken Moon Press, 1992)
• Rich with Years: Daily Meditations on Growing Older (HarperCollins, 1994)
• Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Genesis Press, 1998)
• Simple Grace: A Mentor’s Guide to Growing Older (Westminster John Knox, 2001)
• Prayers for the Later Years (Augsburg, 2002)
• A Prophet in His Own Land: The Malcolm Boyd Reader (edited by Bo Young/Dan Vera) White Crane Books, 2008)

Edited by Malcolm Boyd

• On the Battle Lines: A Manifesto for Our Times (Morehouse-Barlow, 1964)
• The Underground Church (Sheed & Ward, 1968)
• When in the Course of Human Events (with Paul Conrad, Sheed & Ward, 1973)
• Amazing Grace: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Faith (with Nancy L. Wilson, Crossing Press, 1991)
• Race & Prayer: Collected Voices, Many Dreams (w/Chester Talton, Morehouse, 2003)
• In Times Like These…How We Pray (with J. Jon Bruno, Seabury, 2005)

External links

• Official Site
• Malcolm Boyd: Survival with Grace
• White Crane Interview with Malcolm Boyd & Mark Thompson