Background
Marney, Leonard Carlyle was born on July 8, 1916 in Harriman, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Leonard and Sarah Victoria (Mays) Marney.
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Leonard Carlyle Marney
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Bachelor of Arts, Carson Newman College, 1938. Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1943, Doctor of Theology, 1946. Doctor of Letters, Wake Forest College, 1963.
Doctor of Divinity, Johnson C. Smith University, 1964, Kalamazoo College, 1967, U. Glasgow, 1976.
Career
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1941. Pastor 1st Baptist Church, Austin, Texas, 1948-1958. Professor Christian ethics Austin Presbyterian Seminary, 1951-1957.
Pastor Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1958-1967.
Founder, director ecumenical center Interpreters House, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 1967-1978. Lecturer Colgate-Rochester University, Princeton Seminary Institute, Union Seminary Institute, Chautauqua, Drew Seminary, University of Chicago.
Visiting professor Duke Division School, 1972-1978. Occasional university and college preacher including Yale, Harvard.
Missioner for United States Air Force to of Korea, Japan, other American bases.
Member study commission World Council Churches, 1957. Member theological commission Baptist World Alliance, 1957. Member Executive Committee Charlotte-Mecklenburg Council Human Relations, 1964.
Member Federal Commission Rural Poverty, from 1967.
Vice president National Council Churches, 1967-1968. Trustee The Christian Century.
Author: Faith in Conflict, 1957 (Religious Book Club selection). Beggars in Velvet, 1960.
Structures of Prejudice, 1961 (Religious and Psychology book club selection).
Recovery of the Person, 1963. The Coming Faith, 1970. Priests to Each Other, 1973.
(sermons) These Things Remain, 1953, He Became Like Us, 1964, The Suffering Servant, 1965.
The Carpenter’s Son, 1967. The Crucible of Redemption, 1968.
Achievements
Membership
Member editorial board Theology Today, Religion in Life.
Connections
Married Rita Elizabeth Christopher, June 20, 1940. Children: Rita Christopher, Susan Elizabeth.
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July 3, 1978 (aged 61) -
Resting place
Buried Charlotte, North Carolina -
Nationality
American