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

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

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. 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:
  • 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.
  • Charleston, Steven (2023). Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder. Broadleaf books. ISBN  978-1-5064-8665-9.
• Self-published novels:
  • Charleston, Steven (2016). Bishop of Mars. Red Moon Publications. ISBN  978-0-9851419-3-6.
  • Charleston, Steven (2016). The Tao of Mars. Red Moon Publications. ISBN  978-0-9851419-8-1.
  • Charleston, Steven (2017). The Madonna of Mars. Red Moon Publications. ISBN  978-0-9987540-1-7.

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