Take Off the Masks: The Classic Spiritual Autobiography : Revised With a New Epilogue - Softcover

Boyd, Malcolm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060608633 ISBN 13: 9780060608637

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1993

Synopsis

For over sixty years, Malcolm Boyd has written truthfully about his own journey to fullness. From theologian to civil rights pioneer to coffee house troubadour to gay rights icon, Boyd has courageously and whole-heartedly shown the way to a deeper, more honest examination of all our lives, leading by example. White Crane Books is proud to re-release Boyd's classic spiritual biography and coming out story, Take Off the Masks, for a new generation of readers hungry for its insight, honesty and soulful perception. With a new introduction by Boyd's life partner, Mark Thompson, and a newly added postscript by Rev. Canon Boyd himself.

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From the Publisher

The autobiography of a gay priest: Malcolm Boyd's fascinating and impassioned narrative of his lifetime struggle to reconcile his love for God with his love for men.

Review

Malcolm Boyd is one of the best kind of writers: intelligent, original and accessible. In page after page he speaks with grace and clarity on any number of topics for the conscientious, spiritual queer who isn't afraid to let people know that we can be intellectual too. Father Boyd makes a well thought-out, luminous, compelling argument for so many of us who agonized for years, because we were told we had to choose between loving God and embracing our actual nature. And what more noble calling could any of us strive for, than to help end human suffering? Take Off the Masks is a guidebook for anyone in the queer community, who clings to spirituality, humanity, and responsibility in the chaos of living. --Edge Publications, Christopher Soden

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060608633
• ISBN 13: 9780060608637
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224