William H. Barnwell was born in Charleston, South Carolina, USA attended the University of the South and graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary. His ministry has taken him from New Orleans to Boston to Washington, D.C. and full circle back to New Orleans where he currently works at the mostly African American All Souls in the Lower Ninth Ward and does prison outreach through a national program called Kairos. He is the author of In Richard's World: The Battle of Charleston, 1966 (republished by the University of South Carolina Press), as well as the textbooks, Writing for a Reason, The Resourceful Writer and Reflections: A Thematic Reader.
"Pastoral theologians, historians of religion in the U.S. South and pastors and laypersons concerned about the church's commitment to social justice will find this book a fascinating case study of the journey of a white 'Old Charleston' native turned Episcopal priest who, in seeking to follow Jesus with integrity, has struggled mightily (in community with diverse groups of people) with racism, poverty, prison ministry (Kairos), the death penalty (the book has an introduction by Sister Helen Prejean), and his own demons from the 1960s to the first decade of this century." -- Journal of Southern Religion
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