The Sins of Scripture (33 page)
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Authors: John Shelby Spong
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
All Bible quotes are from the Revised Standard Version unless otherwise noted.
Readers may write the author by email at [email protected].
Readers may direct questions and comments to the author and join in chat-rooms on issues he raises by becoming subscribers to his weekly newsletter at www.johnshelbyspong.com.
THE SINS OF SCRIPTURE
:
Exposing the Bible’s Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love.
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EPub Edition © MARCH 2005 ISBN: 9780061835605
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Spong, John Shelby.
The sins of Scripture : exposing the Bible’s texts of hate to reveal the love of God /John Shelby Spong.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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