The Sins of Scripture (33 page)

JOHN SHELBY SPONG was the Episcopal bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000. As a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at universities and churches throughout North America and the English-speaking world, he is a leading spokesperson for liberal Christianity. His books include
A New Christianity for a New World, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?, Why Christianity Must Change or Die,
and his autobiography,
Here I Stand.
He has initiated landmark discussions of controversies within the church and has become an outspoken advocate for change.

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Honest Prayer

Dialogue in Search of Jewish-Christian Understanding
(with Rabbi Jack Daniel Spiro)

Christpower
(compiled and edited by Lucy Newton Boswell)

Life Approaches Death—A Dialogue in Medical Ethics
(with Dr. Daniel Gregory)

The Living Commandments

The Easter Moment

Into the Whirlwind: The Future of the Church

Beyond Moralism
(with the Venerable Denise Haines)

Survival and Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Possibility of Life Beyond Biological Death
(Editor)

Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture

Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Virgin Birth and the Role of Women in a Male Dominated Church

This Hebrew Lord: A Bishop’s Search for the Authentic Jesus

Resurrection: Myth or Reality? A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Easter

Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes

Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile

The Bishop’s Voice: Selected Essays (1979–1999)
(compiled and edited by Christine M. Spong) (Crossroad)

Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality

A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born