Going to Heaven by Elizabeth Adams

Going to Heaven by Elizabeth Adams

A sharecropper's son, Gene Robinson rose to become an Episcopal priest and later, the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Church. His election set off a worldwide firestorm of reaction, both positive and negative. Based on extensive interviews with Bishop Robinson and the people around him, Going to Heaven paints a portrait of the man who is, as he puts it, "neither the angel nor the devil some would make me out to be." The book illuminates his early life; his struggle with his sexual orientation; his calling into the church; and finally, the tumultuous events surrounding his election and consecration. Gene Robinson's life is a compelling story of challenges overcome by hard work, humor, and deep faith, but it is also a story of one man's journey into his own "otherness" and the emergence of a ministry that speaks to countless people who believe in a Gospel of love and inclusion.

Elizabeth (Beth) Adams is a graphic designer, publisher, and editor. She founded Phoenicia Publishing, a small independent press, and served as co-managing editor of qarrtsiluni, an online literary magazine, for many years. She has written essays on religion, spirituality, and the arts, as well as editing a number of poetry collections and anthologies. For more than a decade, her blog, The Cassandra Pages, has been updated on a regular basis. Beth grew raised in the rural northeastern United States, graduated from Cornell University with a degree in classics, lived in Vermont for thirty years, and now lives in Montreal with her husband, photographer Jonathan Sa'adah. She is a member of the PEN Canada organization.

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ISBN 13	9781933368221
ISBN 10	1933368225
Title	Going to Heaven
Author	Elizabeth Adams
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2006-07-27
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.