Lacy, Creighton

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Lacy began teaching in the Divinity School in 1953 and was Professor of World Christianity. As of 1991, he is Professor Emeritus of Parish Ministry.

From the description of Creighton Lacy papers, 1952-1988. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 164581514

William H. Lacy directed the Foochow Mission Press and, after 1903, the Methodist Publishing House in Shanghai, while his wife Emma Nind Lacy taught at the Anglo-Chinese School in Foochow and elsewhere. Their four sons and one daughter all of whom served as Methodist missionaries in China. Son George Carleton Lacy spent twenty years as general secretary of the American Bible Society in China and became Bishop of the Methodist China Central Conference in 1941. His son, Creighton Lacy, was a missionary to China from 1946 to 1951 and later taught at Duke University Divinity School.

From the description of Lacy Family Papers. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702200729

Creighton Lacy was born in China in 1919. He received his A. B. (summa cum laude) at Swarthmore College, his B. D. (magna cum laude), Yale University Divinity School, and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He began teaching in the Divinity School in 1953 and was Professor of World Christianity at Duke University Divinity School. As of 1991, he is a Professor Emeritus of Parish Ministry at Duke University Divinity School.

From the guide to the Creighton Lacy Papers, 1952-1988, (University Archives, Duke University)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn News Service Biographical Files, ., circa 1930s - 2004 University Archives, Duke University.
creatorOf Lacy, Creighton, 1919-. Creighton Lacy papers, 1952-1988. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Lacy, Creighton. Lacy Family Papers. Yake University Divinity School Library
referencedIn Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Creighton Lacy Papers, 1952-1988 University Archives, Duke University.
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associatedWith Duke University. Divinity School. corporateBody
associatedWith Duke University. News Service. corporateBody
associatedWith Duke University. Nixon Library Controversy. corporateBody
associatedWith Lacy, George Carleton. person
associatedWith Methodist Episcopal Church corporateBody
correspondedWith Ramsey, Paul person
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North Carolina--Chapel Hill
China
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Communism and Christianity
Civil rights demonstrations
Methodist Church (U.S.)
Missions
Sermons, American
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