Introduction

Biography

Walter was the son of Wal­ter Rus­sell Bow­ie (1854–1894) and Eliz­abeth Hal­sted Branch, and hus­band of Jean S. La­ver­ack (mar­ried 1909).

He at­tend­ed Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts (BA, Phi Be­ta Kap­pa, 1904; MA 1905).

While there, he co-ed­it­ed the Crim­son ma­ga­zine with fu­ture Am­eri­can pre­si­dent Frank­lin De­la­no Roo­se­velt.

Bowie re­ceived a BD de­gree from Vir­gin­ia Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in 1908. He was or­dained an Epis­co­pal dea­con in 1908, and priest in 1909.

He was rec­tor of Em­ma­nu­el Church, Green­wood, Vir­gin­ia (1911–23); St. Paul’s Church, Rich­mond, Virg­in­ia; and Grace Church, New York Ci­ty (1923–39).

He served as a hos­pi­tal chap­lain in France in World War I, and in 1939, be­came Pro­fes­sor of Prac­tic­al Theo­lo­gy at Un­ion Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, Man­hat­tan, New York.

Works

• The Child­ren’s Year, 1916
• The Mas­ter of the Hill, 1917
• Sunny Win­dows, 1921
• The Road of the Star, 1922
• The Ar­mor of Youth, 1922
• Some Op­en Ways to God, 1924
• The In­es­ca­pa­ble Christ, 1925
• Chimes and the Child­ren, 1926
• The Mas­ter—A Life of Je­sus Christ, 1928
• When Je­sus Was Born, 1928
• On Be­ing Al­ive, 1931
• The He­ro­ism of the Un­he­ro­ic, 1933
• The Sto­ry of the Bi­ble, 1934
• The Re­new­ing Gos­pel, 1935
• Great Men of the Bi­ble, 1937
• The Sto­ry of Je­sus, 1937
• Lift Up Your Hearts, 1939
• Remember Je­sus Christ, 1940
• The Bi­ble, 1940
• The Bi­ble Sto­ry for Boys and Girls
• Finding God Through St. Paul
• The Liv­ing Sto­ry of the New Tes­ta­ment