Steven Charleston

Steven Charleston (born February 15, 1949) is a retired 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

Charleston was born and grew up in Oklahoma and is a Native American of the Choctaw people. 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

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

• Charleston, Steven (1994). Good News From Native America: The Words and Witness of Bishop Steven Charleston (paperback). 
• 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. 
• Self-published annual collections of Charleston's daily reflections:
  • Charleston, Steven (2011). Cloud Walking. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-2-9. 
  • Charleston, Steven (2012). Hope As Old As Fire. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-0-5. 
  • Charleston, Steven (2013). Climbing Stairs of Sunlight. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-6-7. 
  • Charleston, Steven (2014). Arrows of Light. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-7-4. 
  • Charleston, Steven (2015). Turn to the Wild Wind. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-9-8. 
• Self-published novels:
  • Charleston, Steven. Bishop of Mars. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-3-6. 
  • Charleston, Steven. The Tao of Mars. Red Moon Publications. ISBN 978-0-9851419-8-1. 

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