{"id":1081,"date":"2017-12-05T15:11:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T22:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:07:45","slug":"crow-paul-abernathy-jr-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"CROW, PAUL ABERNATHY, JR., 1931-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clergyman, seminary professor, ecumenical executive. Born&#8211; November 17, 1931, Birmingham (grew up in Lanett). Parents&#8211; Paul Abernathy and Beulah Elizabeth (Parker) Crow. Married&#8211; Mary Evelyn Matthews, September 11, 1955. Children&#8211; Three. Education&#8211; University of Alabama, B.S., 1954; Lexington Theological Seminary, B.D., 1957; Hartford Seminary, S.T.M., 1957, Ph.D., 1958. Campus minister at the University of Alabama, 1953-1954. Minister in Alabama and Kentucky, 1955-1957. Ordained; Christian Church, 1957. Minister in Hadley, Massachusetts, 1961-1966. Taught at Lexington Theological Seminary, 1961-1968. Visiting fellow at Oxford University, 1967-1968. Secretary; Consultation on Church Union, Princeton, 1968-1974. President of the Council on Christian Unity, 1974-98.\u00a0Consultant, lecturer, writer on Christian unity. \u00a0Jacobus Fellow at\u00a0Hartford Seminary, 1958-60; Distinguished Alumni, Hartford Seminary, 1986\u00a0 Honorary DD, Phillips University, 1983; Bethany College, 1983; Yale University, 1986; Virginia Theological Seminary, 1987; DHL, Lynchburg College, 1997.\u00a0 Honored by publication of a festschriften, <em>The Vision of Christian Unity:\u00a0 Essays in Honor of Paul A. Crow, Jr., <\/em>1997.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marquis Who&#8217;s Who online, and Paul A. Crow, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Anatomy of a Nineteenth Century United Church. Lexington, Ky.; Lexington Theological Seminary, 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Unity; Matrix for Mission. New York; Fellowship Press, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>The Ecumenical Movement in Bibliographical Outline. New York; National Council of Churches, 1965.<\/p>\n<p>No Greater Love; the Gospel and Its Imperative. St. Louis; Christian Board of Publications, 1967.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Church for Disciples of Christ., 1998.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Digest of the Proceedings of the Consultation on Church Union. Princeton; The Consultation, 1965-1973. (published annually.)<\/p>\n<p>The History of the Ecumenical Movement, Vol. 3. New York; Westminister Press, 1987.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Church Union at Midpoint. New York; Association Press, 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Where We Are in Church Union. New York; Association Press, 1965.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Clergyman, seminary professor, ecumenical executive. Born&#8211; November 17, 1931, Birmingham (grew up in Lanett). Parents&#8211; Paul Abernathy and Beulah Elizabeth (Parker) Crow. Married&#8211; Mary Evelyn Matthews, September 11, 1955. Children&#8211; Three. Education&#8211; University of Alabama, B.S., 1954; Lexington Theological Seminary, B.D., 1957; Hartford Seminary, S.T.M., 1957, Ph.D., 1958. 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