In the eye of the storm : swept to the center by God
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog5957
- Author
- Robinson, Gene (V. Gene), 1947-
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5995 R56 A3 2008
- Place of Publication
- New York NY
- Publisher
- Seabury Books
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- xiv, 176 p. ; 22.8 x 15 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Gene Robinson".
- "Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu".
- Includes bibliographical references but NO index.
- "Since my election and consecration as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, one thing has troubled me most: the characterization of me by the press, the public, and the Anglican Communion as a single-issue, one-dimensional person. In the first fifty-six years of my life, I think I was known as a passionate preacher and communicator of the Gospel, lived out in my ministry as a parish priest ... But since my election, you'd surmise from press reports that the only thing I care about is the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Christians in the church. While I do indeed care deeply about that issue, it's only one part of my larger, more important passion: the saving grace of a God who loves us beyond our wildest imagining and who revealed himself in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God has taken this drastic action so that we all might be free of the sin that paralyses us and keeps us from being all that God wants us to be. And why ? For the reconciliation and redemption of the world". -- Intro., p. 3-4.
- Contents: Foreword dated Capetown, South Africa January 8, 2008 / Desmond Tutu -- Introduction -- Part One: The Elephant in the Room: Homosexuality and the Church -- A Might Wind -- Civil Discourse -- Sex and the City of God -- June Bride -- Part Two: Faith and Life: Everyday Christianity -- I Love the Bible -- Daily Resurrection -- Fear Not -- The Gamble of Forgiveness -- Heart's Desire -- I Love to Tell the Story -- Risking Everything -- Part Three: Embracing the Exile: Notes from the Margins -- We Are the Church -- Setting Captives Free -- The Neighbourhood -- Part Four: God's Loving Hands: Building the Body of Christ -- Inauguration Day -- Infectious Love -- Religion and Politics -- Part Five: The Compass Rose: Charting the Course of the Anglican Communion -- Blessed Minority Report -- What Are They Afraid Of ? -- Reconciliation: The Toughest Love -- God in the Details -- Family Reunion -- Finding Home: The Miracle of Communion.
- V. Gene Robinson became the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church when he was elected Bishop of New Hampshire on 7 June 2003 and after confirmation at General Convention, consecrated on 2 November 2003.
- Subjects
- Robinson, Gene (V. Gene), 1947-
- Episcopal Church - New Hampshire - Clergy - Biography
- Episcopal Church - Bishops - Appointment, call and election
- Gay clergy - New Hampshire - Biography
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church
- Anglican Communion - Forecasting
- Episcopal Church - Forecasting
- Episcopal Church - Bishops - Biography
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of New Hampshire
- Ordination of gays - Episcopal Church
- ISBN
- 978-1-59627-088-6 (casebound w/jacket : alk. paper)
- Call Number
- BX 5995 R56 A3 2008
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)