Books by Carter Heyward

As right-wing conservatives dare to call themselves Christians while tearing down equality and justice and fanning the flames of fascism in America, Carter Heyward issues a call to action for true lovers of God. Only by condemning the destructive culture of white Christian nationalism can we fashion a world full of God's truth, love, and wisdom.

Heyward directly addresses our vulnerability to terror, especially its religious and political aspects. Examining six images of God--God of War, God of Peace, God as Father, God as Spirit. God in us, and God in all--the author locates an authentic religious response in a healthy balancing of God-images, while religiously motivated violence stems from absolutist theories that fix on only one image of an inexhaustible deity. Stressing mutuality and openness, Heyward sketches a creative Christian response to violence, terror, and war.

- Simultaneously theological, spiritual, moral, political, social, autobiographical - First-person narrative of one who was at the forefront at a significant time in church - and secular - historyCarter Heyward writes, "I'm persuaded by decades of teaching in seminary and work as a priest in the church that countless women, and many men as well, are faithful "Jesus people" and yet alienated to various degrees from organized religion. Jack Spong and Barbara Brown Taylor are two of the better known voices who have spoken to these people. This book of mine will probably stand with theirs in appealing to this large and diverse group of Jesus people who have become 'post Christians,' 'cultural Christians,' or have simply drifted away from the church."She Flies On, however, is not really a critique of organized religion, but rather Heyward's effort to think theologically, politically, socially, and autobiographically about the world and the church in which she has lived and worked. A Christian feminist "theologian of liberation," Episcopal priest, lesbian, Southerner, and socialist Democrat, Heyward sees the writes about the church, but more about the people – and creatures – of God going about their lives and attempting to love one another.Audience: Theologians, those interested in Carter's historical significance, feminists, "post Christians"

A theological resource for spiritual transformation and social change in which Heyward rethinks the figure and import of Jesus.