1960's Religion | Are You Running with Me, Jesus?

Essay, Prayers

By: Malcolm Boyd

Date: 1965

Source: Boyd, Malcolm. Are You Running with Me, Jesus? New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965, 3–8, 11–15.

About the Author: Malcolm Boyd (1923–) was born in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Arizona in 1944 and a bachelor's of divinity degree at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1954. After ordination as an Episcopal priest in 1955, he served in ministerial capacities at several churches and in chaplain positions across the country. A social activist, he has written or edited over thirty books on religion and social issues.

Introduction

In the 1960s, Reverend Malcolm Boyd found that some church members, as well as others who were in contact with him in his ministerial role, were telling him that praying in the traditional Christian manner was not a personally...