"... and anybody else who knows me": new TEC bishop blessed in multi-faith consecration

In yet another body blow to orthodox Anglicanism, the new tenth Episcopal Bishop of Nevada, the Rt. Rev. Dan Thomas Edwards, 57, was blessed by a Roman Catholic Bishop, a Hindu chaplain, a Muslim Imam, a Jewish Rabbi, a Bahai leader, a Baptist minister, a Native American, "smudgers" and drummers, choirs and churchgoers from throughout Nevada as well as Mrs. Katharine Jefferts Schori, The Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop.

During the interfaith blessing of his new Episcopal ministry, (the Litany was written by Edwards) the bishop sat on a chair below the podium to receive the blessings in a ceremony held at the Henderson Convention Center.

Starting with Most Rev. Randolph Calvo, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, other leaders who blessed the Episcopal Bishop included Buddhist Priest Rev. William Bartlett, Jewish Rabbi Elizabeth Beyer, Hindu chaplain Rajan Zed, Imam of Northern Nevada Muslim Community, Abdul Barghouthi, Bahai leader Trip Barthel, Reverend Onie Cooper of Second Baptist Church, and Native American faith leader Reynalda James. [...]

While Rajan Zed read blessing Sanskrit shlokas from the oldest existing scripture Rig-Veda, composed around 1,500 BCE, Reynalda James brought special water from Pyramid Lake to bless Bishop Edwards. Some of these leaders of various faiths embraced the new Bishop, while others shook hands with him welcoming him to Nevada and wishing him best in his mission. His wife Linda, a law professor at Mercer, watched. Read more

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