Peter j gomes biography of william

This is a preliminary bibliography, originally compiled soon after his death on Feb. 28, 2011.

Obituaries and Tributes | Interviews and Sketches | His Books and Articles

Obituaries and Tributes

Interviews and Sketches

• "American Preaching: A Dying Art." Time (January 31, 1979): 64-67.
• William, Jane. "The Keeper of the House." Harvard Magazine 85, no. 2 (November-December 1980): 53-61.
• Denison, D. C. "Twenty-One: Peter J. Gomes." Boston Globe Magazine (March 3, 1985): 2.
• Robinson, John. "Master of the Pulpit." Boston Globe (January 10, 1991): 69, 73.
• Thorpe, David. "Keeping the Faith at Harvard: Meet Peter Gomes, Ivy League Chaplain and One of America's Highest-Paid Gay Authors." Ten Percent 2, (March 1994): 36-39.
• McAfee, Eugene C. The Place Belongs to God: Twenty-Five Years of the Preaching Ministry of Peter John Gomes in the Memorial Church, Harvard University. Cambridge: The President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1995.
• Boynton, Robert S. "God and Harvard." The New Yorker (November 11, 1996): 64-73.
• Allis, Sam. "The Sermon: Creating Words to Live by: Preaching Central to Ministry and Thus a Weekly Challenge." Boston Globe (February 27, 2000): A1.
• Religion in a Time of War, with Chris Hedges, MDiv '83, and Jean Bethke Elshtain (Minnesota Public Radio: Speaking of Faith, 03/03)
• Rise of the Righteous Army (CBS: 60 Minutes, 02/04)
• Zwirm, Lisa. "A Fitting Haven for a Professor and His Possessions." Boston Globe (December 22, 2005): C16.
• Gomes Looks Back, Ahead at Convocation (Harvard Gazette, 09/04)
• Gomes Discusses "Scandalous" New Take on Jesus (PBS: Newshour, 12/07)
• [With others] Beyond Theology. 3 videodiscs. Produced and directed by Dave Kendall. Topeka, Kan.: KTWU/Channel 11, 2007.
• [With others] For the Bible Tells Me So. 1 videodisc. Directed by Daniel Karslake. Brooklyn, N.Y.: First Run/Icarus Films, 2007.
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Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize Awarded to Kerri K. Greenidge

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) has awarded the 2020 Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize to Kerri K. Greenidge for her book Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, published in 2019 by Liveright. The Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize is given to the best nonfiction work on the history of Massachusetts published during the preceding year. Greenidge will receive the award at an online event on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.

After reviewing 14 submissions that interpret the history of Massachusetts through a wide range of subjects and time periods, the Peter J. Gomes Book Prize selection committee chose Black Radical as the winner this year. The committee notes that the book is “much more than a straight biography” because Greenidge “examines the subtle variation in ideology, beliefs, and tactics among numerous activists and traces both political and personal relationships.” She not only brings Trotter’s contributions to a modern audience but also “reveals the multilayered world of Black Boston and the roots of modern racism in a city that still struggles with the convenient forgetting of this past and the denial of its racist present.” The committee members praised Black Radical for being “a very readable corrective to idealized and simplified descriptions of this time in Massachusetts history” and for “highlighting both the local and national story of race relations from Reconstruction to the Great Depression.”

Greenidge is the director of the American Studies Program at Tufts University and the co-director of the African American Trail Project at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Greenidge earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Boston University and previously worked as an historian for the Boston African American National Historical Site.

About the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize
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2024 Submissions

The Massachusetts Historical Society invites submissions for its annual Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for the best book representing the history of Massachusetts published in 2023. The deadline for submissions is May 12, 2024. We welcome books on any topic or era in Massachusetts history. The prize includes an award to the author of $1,500 and publicity for the author and publisher.

Eligibility

All nonfiction historical works representing any period of the history of Massachusetts are eligible for consideration. Works must represent original research. Monographs and edited collections are eligible; if scholarly in nature, the volume should also appeal to the general reader. Works that address a wider geographic region than Massachusetts should make a significant contribution to the history of the Commonwealth. Likewise, biographies should address the life of someone intimately connected with Massachusetts. Books for children’s and young adult audiences, textbooks, genealogies, and books that are primarily journalism will not be considered. Self-published works and re-publications are not eligible. The committee is seeking works of exemplary scholarship written in a clear and engaging style.

To Submit a Work

Submissions will be accepted from publishers or authors. Please provide three copies of each book by May 12, 2024. Only books with a 2023 copyright date are eligible for the 2024 prize. Include the name and contact information of the author and the publisher, indicating the submitter. Books should be sent to the Massachusetts Historical Society, Attention: Gomes Prize, c/o Research Department, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02215. Electronic submissions cannot be accepted. Submissions cannot be returned. Both the author and the publisher of the title selected to receive the prize will be notified of the decision. The Society may choose not to make an award