Going to Heaven Paperback by Elizabeth Adams

Product Details

• Publisher: Soft Skull (2006-07-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 256 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781933368221
• Item Weight: 374.22 grams
• Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 cm

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.

About the Author

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.