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"[Spong is] striving to revive the imaginative possibilities of ancient Scripture for the women and men of today."


Book Description
Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Should the church's moral standards continue to be set by patriarchal males? Should women be consecrated bishops? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response based on scripture and history to the changing realities of the modern world. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, nonexploitative relationships.


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"John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark for twenty-four years before his retirement in 2000; he remains one of the leading spokespersons for progressive Christianity. He is the author or co-author of some twenty books, including the bestselling Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture; Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes; Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Virgin Birth and the Role of Women in a Male-Dominated Church; Resurrection: Myth or Reality?: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Easter; Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile; and A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born. Please visit www.bishopspong.com. Don't miss the next book by your favorite author. Sign up now for AuthorTracker by visiting www.AuthorTracker.com."


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By popular demand--study guides to two of Bishop John Shelby Spong's bestselling and controversial works, including questions, reflections, and summaries for group and individual use.


About the Author
John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark, NJ, for more than twenty years and is one of the leading spokespersons in the western world for an enlightened Christianity. He is currently a visiting lecturer at Harvard University. His previous bestselling books include Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Living in SW, Liberating the Gospels, and Why Christianity Must Change or Die.

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Now in paperback, the provocative national bestseller that issues a daring call for contemporary understanding of scripture. Outspoken and controversial, Bishop Spong brilliantly reclaims the Bible from the narrow-minded literalism that has been used to justify slavery, ban textbooks, deny the rights of gays and lesbians, subordinate women, and justify war and revenge.

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