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Synopsis
Social commentary on our common experiences, viewed with an expanding vision reflecting on stories lifted from the author's personal journals. Discusses the emotional complexities of ironic experiences that provide a focused way to define the fundamentalist religious hierarchies that he previously did not understand. A sequel to his spiritual biography, here he offers timely answers for today’s world, which is filled with terror, bigotry, and oppression. Original.
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About the Author
Antonio A. Feliz is one of the pioneers of gay nonfiction writing in the U.S.A. Becoming Open Souls, Transcending Institutional Seduction & Cultural Rape continues the story which began with his first book, Out of The Bishop's Closet. Of the author's first book, Malcolm Boyd wrote that it imparts "spiritual hope to lesbians and gay men who have wrongly suffered rejection and betrayal in the name of God." Published in anthologies of notable writers such as Gandhi and Malcolm X---[Searching For Your Soul: Writers of Many Faiths Share Their Stories of Spiritual Development, Katherine Kurs, editor, 1999]---the author's work appeares in the 1996 Lambda Book of The Year For Religion---[Wrestling With The Angel: Faith and Religion in The Lives of Gay Men, Brian Bouldry, editor].
Once a Mormon bishop, high priest and Temple marriage sealer, Tony is one of the two founders of what became Gay And Lesbian Acceptance [GALA] now, affiliated with the Community of Christ, headquarters in Independence, MO. Embrasing his Native roots, he promotes Mexica/Toltec ideals in non-Indian contexts. Active in the movement for marriage equality, the author was a principal speaker at the historic, Marriage Equality California statewide 2004 Valentine's Weekend rally on the steps of the California State Capitol.
Today, through the Concord Circles Institute, the author works for world peace, global community and for social and political pluralism. Tony uses a diverse ancestry, his own experience as one of America's ordained and the awareness of a "two-spirit" man to bring the wisdom of his mother's Mexica/Toltec ancestors into greater focus for others.
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