Pre-Owned Hallelujah Anyhow!: A Memoir (Paperback) 164065089X 9781640650893

A role model tells her story-and that of the nation and the church. Hallelujah Anyhow! is the long-awaited memoir of the Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion. Edited by Kelly Brown Douglas Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Seminary and an author and noted theologian in her own right the book offers previously untold stories and glimpses into Bishop Harris childhood and young adult years in her native Philadelphia as well as her experiences as priest and bishop both active and actively-retired. A participant in Dr. Martin Luther King s march from Selma to Montgomery and crucifer at the ordination of the Philadelphia 11 Bishop Harris has been eyewitness to national and church history. In the book she reflects on her experiences with the racism sexism and other isms that pervade the life of the church while still managing to say Hallelujah Anyhow. Photographs accompany the text and round out this portrait of a pioneer respected outside as well as inside the church for her fierce outspoken and life-long advocacy for peace and justice.