Lloyd C. Douglas (1877-1951) was a minister – first a Lutheran, very briefly a Presbyterian, and then a Congregationalist. Throughout his ministerial career he was sought after as a speaker, and he published articles in a number of periodicals, including the Christian Century and the Congregationalist. He was also the author of several non-fiction works, as well as a number of booklets. His first novel, Magnificent Obsession, became a bestseller a few years after its publication in 1929, and a string of novels followed in the 1930’s, all of them reaching the bestseller lists and most of them becoming major motion pictures. He is best known today for two of them: Magnificent Obsession and The Robe. His pastorates and book-length publications are listed below.
Pastorates
1902:
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Assistant Pastor (while still a seminary student; graduated from seminary in 1903)
1903 to 1905:
Zion Lutheran Church, North Manchester, IN, Pastor
1905 to 1909:
First English Lutheran Church, Lancaster, OH, Pastor
1909 to 1911:
Luther Place Memorial Church, Washington, DC, Senior Minister
1911 to 1915:
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Religious Secretary of YMCA
1915 to 1921:
First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor, MI, Senior Minister
1921 to 1926:
First Congregational Church of Akron, OH, Senior Minister
1926-1928:
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, CA, Senior Minister
1929-1933:
St. James United Church of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Senior Minister
Non-Fiction Books (Not Counting Booklets)
More Than a Prophet (1905) (This is more a biblical dramatization than true fiction.)
Wanted : A Congregation (1920)
The Minister’s Everyday Life (1924)
These Sayings of Mine (1926)
Those Disturbing Miracles (1927)
Novels
Magnificent Obsession (1929)
Forgive Us Our Trespasses (1932)
Green Light (1935)
White Banners (1936)
Disputed Passage (1939)
Invitation to Live (1940)
The Robe (1942)
The Big Fisherman (1948)
Other Popular Book-Length Works of Fiction (That Are Not Exactly Novels)
Precious Jeopardy (1933)
Home for Christmas (1937)
Dr. Hudson’s Secret Journal (1939)
Autobiography
Time to Remember (1951)
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