I've been holding back on using it on this forum, but bypassed some things I should have answered with excerpts from this book from a Christian Bishop. Now, that I've freshened my memory of the book, I am having second thoughts. It will sit next to and at hand with "The New Testament from 26 Translations."
2007-04-08 15:17:55 · 7 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Bishop Spong is witty, and willing to question himself and others. Refreshing to read a leader who disavows lockstep.
2007-04-08 15:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I met Spong - he's a very charming and charismatic man - though he is not the smartest or most original proponent of the views he puts forth. If you are interested in his position, I suggest John Robinson's book "Honest to God" (the grand-daddy of controversial Christian popular theology), Lloyd Geering's more robust "God in the New World", and of course, the theology of Paul Tillich.
2007-04-08 15:24:44 · answer #2 · answered by completelysurroundedbyimbeciles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheist here...and I liked the book. It is high time that someone from the moderate political spectrum of the Christian faith took on the literalists and Religious Right.
2007-04-08 15:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Scott M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been getting e-mail from Bishop Spong and he knows not whereof he speaks. I read the e-mail from him until I figured out what he was; now I just delete it. I don't trust him any more than I trust Benny Hinn.
2007-04-08 15:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by supertop 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know that book but i wish to rescue the Bible and my country from fundamentalism. Peace be with you
2007-04-08 15:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The book is wonderful. Please use it. I have given away more copies than I can remember and I am a career Christian musician, but look forward to better days.
2007-04-08 15:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by Linda R 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
why would anyone want to read such a boring sounding thing as that.
2007-04-08 15:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by alexhotpenis 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋