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A man who has consciously and deliberately walked the path of christ, john shelby spong has lived his entire life inside the christian church. We are based in sydney, australia and ship all over the world. His books include biblical literalism, the fourth gospel, ireclaiming the bible for a nonreligious world, and eternal life. Jun 30, 2018 discover book depositorys huge selection of john spong books online. John shelby spong books list of books by author john shelby. John shelby spong, the episcopal bishop of newark before his retirement in 2000, has been a visiting lecturer at harvard and at more than 500 other universities all over the world.
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A fine summation of all bishop spongs excellent books on theology for the millions of people who try to make sense of spiritual feelings, but who cannot accept the language and beliefs of traditional religion. His books, which have sold well over a million copies, include biblical literalism. John shelby spong primary author only author division. A journey into a new christianity through the doorway of matthews gospel feb 16, 2016. Writing from his prison cell in nazi germany in 1945 dietrich bonhoeffer, a young german theologian, sketched a vision of what he called religionless christianity. Biblical literalism by john shelby spong audiobook download. Five hundred years after martin luther and his ninetyfive theses ushered in the reformation, bestselling author and controversial bishop and teacher john shelby spong delivers twelve forwardthinking theses to spark a new reformation.
John shelby spong is an influential public speaker, writer and media figure. Books by john shelby spong author of why christianity. He is as radically liberal as it is possible to be and still maintain a nominal identification with the name christian. John shelby spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly, and authentic christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourthcentury creeds to be a literal account of the life of jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in jesus life through the medium of fictional characters.
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