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Steven Charleston

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Steven Charleston
Bishop of Alaska
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseAlaska
ElectedOctober 6, 1990
In office1991–1996
PredecessorGeorge Clinton Harris
SuccessorMark MacDonald
Other post(s)Dean of Episcopal Divinity School (1999–2008)
Assistant Bishop of California (2008-2009)
Orders
OrdinationMarch 1983
ConsecrationMarch 23, 1991
by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born (1949-02-15) February 15, 1949 (age 75)
NationalityAmerican/Choctaw
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseSusan Flora Shettles
Children1
Alma materTrinity College, Connecticut
Episcopal Divinity School

Steven Charleston (born February 15, 1949) is a retired American Episcopal bishop and academic. He was bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska from 1991 to 1996, and dean of Episcopal Divinity School, from 1999 to 2008.[1]

Early life and education

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Charleston was born and grew up in Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. In 1971 he received a bachelor's degree in religion from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, followed by a master's degree in divinity from Episcopal Divinity School in 1976.[1]

Ordained ministry

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He later worked in Native American ministries and held various teaching positions.[1]

In 1999, following the divisions exposed by the previous year's Lambeth Conference, he was the author of the Cambridge Accord: an attempt to reach agreement on at least the human rights of homosexual people, notwithstanding controversy within the Anglican Communion about the churches' views of homosexuality.[2]

As of 2017 Charleston was adjunct professor of Native American ministries at Saint Paul School of Theology, based at Oklahoma City University.[3] Via the web at the same time he described himself as a "Native American elder, author, and retired Episcopal bishop", and maintained a public presence through his Facebook page of daily spiritual reflections.[4] He has self-published several volumes of these reflections, plus two novels of a planned trilogy, through his company Red Moon Publications.[5]

Bibliography

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  • Charleston, Steven (1994). Good News From Native America: The Words and Witness of Bishop Steven Charleston. ASIN B00A5WP3IC.
  • Charleston, Steven (2014). Good News: A Scriptural Path to Reconciliation. Forward Movement. ISBN 978-0880283816.
  • Charleston, Steven; Robinson, Elaine (2015). Coming Full Circle: Constructing Native Christian Theology. Fortress Press. ISBN 978-1451487985.
  • Charleston, Steven (2015). The Four Vision Quests of Jesus. Morehouse Publishing. ISBN 978-0819231734.
  • Charleston, Steven (2021). Ladder to the Light. Broadleaf Books. ISBN 978-1506465739.
  • Self-published annual collections of Charleston's daily reflections:
  • Self-published novels:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston". Day1. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "The Cambridge Accord". Worldwide Faith News archives. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Native American Ministries". Saint Paul School of Theology. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Steven Charleston". Facebook. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Meet the Author". Red Moon Publications. Retrieved 9 March 2017.