Kenneth Leech is an Anglican priest and Christian socialist

Christian socialism

Christian socialism generally refers to those on the Christian left whose politics are both Christian and socialist and who see these two philosophies as being interrelated. This category can include Liberation theology and the doctrine of the social gospel...

 in the Anglo-Catholic

Anglo-Catholicism

The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, beliefs and practices within Anglicanism that affirm the Catholic, rather than Protestant, heritage and identity of the Anglican churches....

 tradition.

Leech graduated with a BA

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 degree in 1961 from the University of London

University of London

-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...

 and then went to Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College, Oxford

The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...

. After theological studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford

St Stephen's House, Oxford

St Stephen’s House, Oxford , is an Anglican theological college and one of six religious Permanent Private Halls of the University of Oxford, England...

 he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served in urban London parishes afflicted by poverty and confronted issues of racism and drug abuse. He co-founded the Jubilee Group in 1974 and is an advocate of contextual theology. He founded the charity Centrepoint

Centrepoint (charity)

Centrepoint is the leading charity in the United Kingdom supporting homeless young people aged 16-25. Its is HRH The Duke of Cambridge.It provides a range of accommodation and additional support in health, education and life skills...

 which became the United Kingdom's leading national charity tackling youth homelessness.

He was Director of the Runnymede Trust

Runnymede Trust

The Runnymede Trust is a leading pro-multiculturalism think tank., Its aim is to generate intelligence for a "multi-ethnic" Britain through research, network building and policy engagement...

 think-tank from 1987 to 1990.

Writings

• Youthquake (Sheldon 1973)
• Soul Friend: A Study of Spirituality (1977) (HarperSanFrancisco; Reprint edition, 1992)
• True Prayer (London, Sheldon Press, 1980) (Morehouse Publishing; Reprint edition, 1995)
• The Social God (London, Sheldon Press, 1981)
• Essays Catholic and Radical ed. with Rowan Williams
  Rowan Williams
  Rowan Douglas Williams FRSL, FBA, FLSW is an Anglican bishop, poet and theologian. He is the 104th and current Archbishop of Canterbury, Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury and Primate of All England, offices he has held since early 2003.Williams was previously Bishop of Monmouth and...
  
  (Bowerdean 1983)
• True God (1985)
• Experiencing God (London, Sheldon Press, 1985)
• Spirituality and Pastoral Care (1986)
• Struggle in Babylon (London, Sheldon Press, 1988)
• The Eye of the Storm: Spiritual Resources for the Pursuit of Justice (London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1992)
• Subversive Orthodoxy: Traditional Faith and Radical Commitment (Toronto, Anglican Book Centre, 1992)
• The Sky is Red: Discerning the Signs of the Times (London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997) ISBN
• We Preach Christ Crucified (Church Publishing, 1994, revised 2006) ISBN-X
• Through our Long Exile: Contextual Theology and the Urban Experience (London, Darton Longman and Todd, 2001).
• Doing theology in Altab Ali Park (London, Darton Longman and Todd, 2006)

External links

• Kendall Harmon's interview with Kenneth Leech, Church Times, 23 April 2004. Republished at Kendall Harmon's blog
• Centrepoint