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Becoming Bridges: The Theory and Practice of Diversity: The Spirit and Practice of Diversity
Author(s): Gary Commins (Author)
- Publisher: Cowley Publications (UK)
- Publication Date: 1 April 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781561012947
- ISBN-13: 1561012947
Book Description
Pastor of a bilingual, multicultural church for more than a decade, Gary Commins knows that diversity is a spiritual exercise that can be as charged with anxiety as it is laced with hope. In Becoming Bridges, Commins lays the groundwork for diversity as an intrinsic part of the life of faith and calls us to become bridge people: people who are willing to traverse gaps of ignorance and bridge the things that separate us—religion, race, culture, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Becoming Bridges is an important book for clergy and laity at a time when America is at a crossroads. Our decisions and the action we take today, in becoming bridges, will impact the future of generations to come. Gary Commins has created a scholarly work, written in an easy to read articulate style. Brilliant. — Richard R. Blake
About the Author
Gary Commins is rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach, California. In twenty-five years of ordained ministry he has served in an ecumenical campus ministry, in a bilingual, multicultural parish, in a congregation with a large gay and lesbian population, and, for ten years, teaching a seminary class in Multicultural Ministry. He is also a trained spiritual director with an interest in mysticism and is currently the Vice Chair of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship.
