Going to Heaven The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson

by Adams, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9781933368221
• ISBN10: 1933368225
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-27
• Publisher: Soft Skull

Summary

This book provides an exploration of the man who many believe will be theatalyst for the schism within the Anglican Church. Through a lively text,ased on extensive interviews with Bishop Robinson, his closest associates,amily, colleagues and observers, and illustrated with photographs from allhases of his life, "Going to Heaven" paints a portrait of Bishop Robinsonot as a symbol, but a human being who is, as he puts it, "neither the angelor the devil some would make me out to be." It illuminates his life; histruggle with - and eventual acceptance of - his homosexuality; and hisalling to become a priest and later a bishop. It tells the story of theritical events of his election and consecration amid intense opposition,uge security concerns and media attention. It then follows him through theext two years as he juggles dual roles - Bishop of New Hampshire, and symbolf gay achievement and the progressive church. Meanwhile, the oppositiontirred by his election creates increasing pressure for schism in thenglican Communion at large.;The book concludes with a discussion of the deep

Author Biography

Elizabeth (Beth) Adams is a writer, publisher, editor, and graphic designer. She is the founder of Phoenicia Publishing, a small independent press, and was for many years the co-managing editor of qarrtsiluni online literary magazine. She is the author of essays on religion, spirituality, and the arts, and the editor of numerous poetry books and anthologies. Her blog, "The Cassandra Pages," has been published regularly now for over a decade. Beth grew up in the rural northeastern U.S., has a degree in classics from Cornell, lived in Vermont for thirty years, and currently resides in Montreal with her husband, photographer Jonathan Sa'adah. She is a member of PEN Canada.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(8)
A Kentucky Childhood	9	(14)
The Making of a Priest	23	(10)
Sisterhood	33	(12)
Moving Toward Wholeness	45	(14)
Preparation and Call	59	(24)
The New Hampshire Election	83	(18)
A Swift and Sharp Reaction	101	(12)
The Opposition	113	(16)
General Convention	129	(20)
Centering	149	(20)
Preparations	169	(12)
Consecration	181	(26)
Becoming a Bishop	207	(24)
Reverberations	231	(20)
In the Public Eye	251	(16)
Accepting the Mantle	267	(18)
Notes	285