He survived a turbulent childhood in war-torn London, earned degrees with honors from Cambridge University, was ordained in the Church of England, became an Anglican worker-priest, and emigrated to the United States.
He has been a prolific broadcaster for the BBC, helped organize the Public Broadcasting System in America, was a founding chairman of National Public Radio, and became a senior management consultant for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
He designed and directed the first system of suicide and crisis counseling centers in California (a model for later centers nationwide) and helped found the Parsonage, an Episcopalian ministry on behalf of gay rights in the Castro section of San Francisco. And all the while, Bernard Duncan Mayes struggled to reconcile his views on sexuality—and his experience as a gay man—with his theological and cultural beliefs.
In an entirely honest and engaging voice, Mayes offers considerably more than autobiographical recollections of his life as priest, journalist, university teacher and administrator, and gay rights activist. Throughout Escaping God's Closet, Bernard Mayes recounts how social and doctrinal oppression posed fundamental challenges to his own belief system, but led him to revelations about sexuality, Christianity, and the nature of human existence itself.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
A gay rights activist, journalist, and dramatist, Bernard Duncan Mayes lives in Washington, D.C
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 3,76
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Codice articolo Holz_New_0813920043
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think0813920043
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard0813920043
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Book is in NEW condition. Codice articolo 0813920043-2-1
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo FrontCover0813920043
Descrizione libro hardback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780813920047
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Codice articolo 353-0813920043-new
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.6. Codice articolo Q-0813920043
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1109 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-0813920043
Descrizione libro Gebunden. Condizione: New. Mayes, a gay activist and former priest, recounts how social and doctrinal oppression posed fundamental challenges to his own belief system, but led him to revelations about sexuality, Christianity, and the nature of human existence itself.Über. Codice articolo 898793469