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John Spong

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  • ReClaiming The Bible For A Non Religious World

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    For over 200 years, scholars have been debating, analyzing, and exploring one of the most important books ever written-The Bible-and overturning much of what we know about this sacred library of books. However, a large group of people who actually use this book, mainly lay Christians, aren’t aware of this larger, deeper conversation. It is for these people that Spong writes Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, a primer on the history and significance of the Bible.

    In this thorough, substantive guide, Spong explores the origin and essential meaning of each of the individual books in the Bible, examining the background, the context, the level of authenticity and even the trustworthiness of the messages found there. He explains why these particular books, written between two and three thousand years ago, came to be regarded as authoritative and preserved as sacred; he traces the pathway that biblical religion has traveled as it evolved through the centuries, and he shows how people have misused many of these texts in the service of their prejudices.

    Reaching far beyond the familiar Sunday-school stories that have provided the content of most people’s biblical knowledge, Spong’s journey into the heart of the Bible is his attempt to call his readers into their own journeys into the mystery of God. “One does not,” he asserts, “have to twist one’s brain into a first-century pretzel in order to take the Bible seriously in this increasingly non-religious world.”

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  • Jesus For The Non Religious (Student/Study Guide)

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    John Shelby Spong, a controversial bishop and moral activist, attempts to wrestle Jesus from the restrictive and dogmatic binds of religion so Jesus can become the hero the world needs.

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  • New Christianity For A New World

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060670634ISBN10: 0060670630John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublished: October 2002Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Print On Demand Product

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  • Why Christianity Must Change Or Die

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060675363ISBN10: 0060675365John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublished: February 2000Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

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  • Liberating The Gospels

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060675578ISBN10: 0060675578John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Harper Collins Publishers Print On Demand Product

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  • Born Of A Woman A Bishop Rethinks The Birth Of Jesus

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060675233ISBN10: 0060675233John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Harper Collins Publishers Print On Demand Product

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  • This Hebrew Lord A Biships Search For The Authentic Jesus

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060675202ISBN10: 0060675209John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Harper Collins Publishers

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  • Rescuing The Bible From Fundamentalism

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    SKU (ISBN): 9780060675189ISBN10: 0060675187John SpongBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Harper Collins Publishers

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  • Resurrection Myth Or Reality

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    Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus’ death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned the Ressurection. He asserts that the resurrection story was born in an experience that opened the disciples’ eyes to the reality of God and the meaning of Jesus of Nazareth. Spong traces the Christian origins of anti-Semitism to the Church’s fabrication of the ultimate Jewish scapegoat, Judas Iscariot. He affirms the inclusiveness of the Christian message and emphasizes the necessity of mutual integrity and respect among Christians and Jews.

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