Ian Corbett
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After studying history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and a few years teaching, Ian trained for ordination then served as a priest for nearly twenty years in Manchester. and was made an honorary canon of Manchester Cathedral.
The next twenty years were spent overseas, first as Warden of the Anglican Seminary in Lesotho and subsequently as Canon Missioner, in the Dioceses of Harare (Zimbabwe) and Botswana. Ill health prompted a return to England, after which he became Dean of Tuam in Eire. Then there was to be a final visit to the 'mission field', serving native peoples in Canada and the United States. He received a Humanities Award from the State of Utah for his work with these peoples. Ian returned to part-time work in Clevedon in 2009 before retiring to Malvern in 2013. |
A Disreputable Priest: Being Gay in Anti-Gay Cultures
How do you survive as a gay man when your condition has until recent times been considered illegal, your lovers die and you work for an institution that offers you either traditional marriage or celibacy?
As a gay Anglican priest struggling with ‘coming out’ Ian Corbett describes how he has come to terms with himself and those around him. In this book he explains the factors that have sustained him as he worked in different cultures that understand sexuality differently – factors learned from indigenous peoples about the central importance of the land, artistic expression, human love and contemplative reflection.
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As a gay Anglican priest struggling with ‘coming out’ Ian Corbett describes how he has come to terms with himself and those around him. In this book he explains the factors that have sustained him as he worked in different cultures that understand sexuality differently – factors learned from indigenous peoples about the central importance of the land, artistic expression, human love and contemplative reflection.
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