In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God
Gene Robinson is bishop of the tiny, rural Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, but he's at the center of a storm of controversy raging in the Episcopal Church and throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion involving homosexuality, the priesthood,\ and the future of the Communion. This book offers an honest, thoughtful portrait of Robinson, the faith that has informed his life, and the controversy that continues to rock his Church.
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Gene Robinson is bishop of the tiny, rural Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, but he's at the center of a storm of controversy raging in the Episcopal Church and throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion involving homosexuality, the priesthood, and the future of the Communion. This book offers an honest, thoughtful portrait of Robinson, the faith that has informed his life, and the controversy that continues to rock his Church. Publishers Weekly In this meandering but charming book, Robinson, the controversial gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, addresses sexuality and theology. He argues that the cause for which the planets "seem to be aligned" today is full civil rights of GLBT people. Many of the arguments he rehearses are familiar: the church today faces a struggle similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960s; the way we think about sexual orientation today was unknown in biblical times; and so forth. More original is Robinson's discussion of the vulnerability of sex, and his support for abstinence outside of committed relationships, because sex in other contexts is likely to hurt people. But this book goes beyond sex to Christian theology. Robinson reviews his beliefs in the Incarnation and in forgiveness. He insists that the God he knows is a God of radical inclusion, who wants to lift up allthe oppressed, including women, minorities and the poor. That good news, Robinson admits, actually makes him somewhat uncomfortable, since he knows that he is among the world's most privileged people. Sometimes Robinson's prose is a bit florid, but his passion will draw in many mainline Protestant readers. (Apr. 7)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Foreword xiIntroduction 1The Elephant in the Room: Homosexuality and the ChurchA Mighty Wind 9Civil Discourse 15Sex and the City of God 29June Bride 45Faith and Life: Everyday ChristianityI Love the Bible 52Daily Resurrection 62Fear Not 65The Gamble of Forgiveness 70Heart's Desire 73I Love to Tell the Story 78Risking Everything 87Embracing the Exile: Notes from the MarginsWe Are the Church 95Setting Captives Free 102The Neighborhood 107God's Loving Hands in the World: Building the Body of ChristInauguration Day 115Infectious Love 120Religion and Politics 128The Compass Rose Charting the Course of the Anglican CommunionBlessed Minority Report 135What Are They Afraid Of? 139Reconciliation: The Toughest Love 146God in the Details 161Family Reunion 167Finding Home: The Miracle of Communion 173
\ Publishers WeeklyIn this meandering but charming book, Robinson, the controversial gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, addresses sexuality and theology. He argues that the cause for which the planets "seem to be aligned" today is full civil rights of GLBT people. Many of the arguments he rehearses are familiar: the church today faces a struggle similar to the civil rights movement of the 1960s; the way we think about sexual orientation today was unknown in biblical times; and so forth. More original is Robinson's discussion of the vulnerability of sex, and his support for abstinence outside of committed relationships, because sex in other contexts is likely to hurt people. But this book goes beyond sex to Christian theology. Robinson reviews his beliefs in the Incarnation and in forgiveness. He insists that the God he knows is a God of radical inclusion, who wants to lift up allthe oppressed, including women, minorities and the poor. That good news, Robinson admits, actually makes him somewhat uncomfortable, since he knows that he is among the world's most privileged people. Sometimes Robinson's prose is a bit florid, but his passion will draw in many mainline Protestant readers. (Apr. 7)\ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \
