Walter Russell Bowie

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Walter Russell Bowie (October 8, 1882–April 23, 1969), was a priest, author, editor, educator, hymn writer, and lecturer in the Episcopal Church (United States).

Biography

Walter Russell Bowie was born in Richmond, Virginia. He received a B.A. (1904) and M.A. (1905) from Harvard University and an B.D. (1909) and D.D. (1919) from Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, now known as Virginia Theological Seminary. He was married to Jean Laverack on September 29, 1909.

Bowie was ordained as a priest in 1909, serving at three Episcopal churches and two theological seminaries. He served as a Red Cross chaplain at Base Hospital 45 in France during World War I. Bowie's advocacy for what was becoming known as the Social Gospel was given expression in his support for the League of Nations, advocacy for US immigration reform, his opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and Fundamentalism.

As a Harvard undergraduate Bowie was co-editor of The Harvard Crimson, with Franklin D. Roosevelt. While in Richmond he was editor of The Southern Churchman. He was a member of the editing team for Interpreter's Bible series and the Editorial Committee for Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

Important Works

The Story of the Bible ISBN 0-687-39754-5
The Story of the Church
The Story of Jesus for Young People
Christ be with me;: Daily meditations and personal prayers
Lift Up Your Hearts
Learning to Live
"Lord Christ when first you came to Earth" (hymn)
Interpreter's Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes (editorial team with George Arthur Buttrick, John Knox, Samuel Terrien, Nolan B. Harmon)
"O holy city seen of John" (hymn)
Revised Standard Version of the Bible (member of editorial committee)

Ordained Ministry

Emmanuel Church, Greenwood VA, 1909 - 1911
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Virginia) 1911 - 1923
Grace Church, New York, NY, 1923 - 1939
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, 1939 - 1950
Virginia Theological Seminary, 1950 - 1955

References

Encyclopedia of Religion in the South
The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion
New York Times, December 19, 1922

Authority control	VIAF: 18169387 ISNI: 0000 0000 8204 1981

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