Keller, James
Keller, James (Gregory)
(1900–77) religious leader; born in Oakland, Calif. A Catholic priest, he was the founder (1945) and director (through 1969) of the Christophers, a nondenominational movement urging individual action to improve the world, under the motto "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.