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| In the Eye of the Storm: Swept to the Center by God | 
 enlarge | Author: Gene Robinson
Publisher: Seabury Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 58582
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1596270888
Dewey Decimal Number: 283.092
EAN: 9781596270886
ASIN: 1596270888
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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 with heart May 17, 2008
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
A fascinating story by a great man with heart and a unique insight inside his church...
courage June 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Gene Robinson has been a beacon of kindness and pastoral leadership throughout his career as a clergyman. His standing as a bogeyman is as suspect as they come, however. This autobiography reveals the grace that has guided a courageous person who seeks to nudge us to our common compassion.
A Must Read! June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
No matter what one's personal feelings are about the ordination of an openly gay bishop, I believe that it is important for each of us to know something about the life and beliefs of the man who is at the center of the controversy in the Episcopal Church. This book reveals Bishop Robinson's strong, Biblically based faith which has led him to a life of love and service, including outreach to the disenfranchised. He has shown the remarkable ability to understand and forgive his enemies, many of whom are within the church.
I have reviewed and recommended this book for my own parish and for friends and relatives. I am a grandmother and long-time Episcopalian.
 Sobering memoir June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gene Robinson is known worldwide for one thing - his sexuality - and this book seeks to show that his ministry is rather more than just being part of the storm over gay priests in the Anglican church. The book is a series of reflections on different aspects of ministry, not offered in any particularly logical order but growing out of his experiences as a priest and then bishop over three decades. It's not an autobiography and there are many parts of his life alluded to but not really explained; instead he uses the pages to show how people's attitudes towards gay and lesbian people can be similar to those towards women, non-whites and disabled people, and how difficult it is to know, if we are part of a majority group, what it's like to be in the minority and how hard it can be to be treated fairly.
What's remarkable about the book is the way in which Gene Robinson does not come across as bitter against his many detractors; he sees his ministry as the most important and overriding thing, such as in the local women's prison where he is a regular visitor. The final chapter, discussing the forthcoming Lambeth concert in 2008, is a plea for those in the church to genuinely listen to lesbian and gay members but is a plea that appears to have fallen on deaf ears. This is a sobering and at times moving book which doesn't really seek to discuss the issue of homosexuality and the Bible per se, but more looks at congregations in the church, Jesus's words that all are welcome, the difficulties for homosexual people within the church and the need for genuine discussion about the issues.
 Great guy, not-so-great book July 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In every interview I've ever heard, and in the documentary, "For the Bible Tells Me So," Gene Robinson comes across as a grounded, prayerful, thoughtful man. I appreciate his courage and, as an Episcopal priest, continue to rejoice at his 2003 consecration. I had looked forward to reading his book.
Yet I've found it disappointing and haven't been able to finish it. I think this is because, in the words of the book's subtitle, Gene has been "swept to the center." Probably this is an inevitable destination for the first openly gay bishop of our time, but I longed to hear a more radical theology, one that takes the experience of the sexually marginalized as a starting point for a strong, yet loving critique of Christianity.
What I found instead was a nice, moderate theology that makes this a great book for a teen just coming out to give her or his parents, but breaks little new ground.
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