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Five hundred years after Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses ushered in the Reformation, bestselling author and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong delivers twelve forward-thinking theses to spark a new reformation to reinvigorate Christianity and ensure its future.At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Christianity was in crisis—a state of conflict that gave birth to the Reformation in 1517. Enduring for more than 200 ...

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Christianity was in a state of crisis, riven by conflicts that gave birth to the Reformation. Martin Luther’s movement was later followed by a “revolutionary time of human knowledge.” Yet these philosophical and scientific advances had little impact on Christians’ adherence to doctrines developed before these intellectual advances—which is why Christianity has become “unbelievable” today.Bible scholar...

In quest'opera l'autore cerca di liberare il Vangelo di Giovanni dalle credenze che lo imprigionano, dimostrando che il quarto Vangelo, frainteso dagli estensori dei credo del IV secolo come fosse storia in senso letterale, è di fatto una rielaborazione letteraria e interpretativa degli eventi della vita di Gesù mediante personaggi fittizi, da Nicodemo e Lazzaro al "discepolo amato". Libro profondamente ebraico, il quarto Vangelo fu ideato per...

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Rescuing John's Gospel from Its Creedal CaptivityJohn Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly, and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literacy, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictional characters, from Nic...

The Real Human Drama Behind Creating a Divine Book

The bestselling and controversial bishop reveals the subversive, mystical teachings of the writer of the Gospel of John and how his teachings are more relevant now, in the post-Christian world, than ever before.

Newly revised by its bestselling author, this groundbreaking classic reveals the Jesus "behind the language of myth, magic, and superstition". Spong illuminates the "figure who stands at the center of all that the Christian Church is" by exploring Jesus under the light of the Hebrew tradition into which he was born.

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.

Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? In answering provocative questions on the nature of sexual relationships, Bishop Spong proposes for the church a positive and pastoral response to the changing patterns of human relationships in the world today.

The controversial bishop and moral activist attempts to wrestle Jesus from the restrictive and dogmatic binds of religion so he can become the hero the world needs.

A global and pioneering leader of progressive Christianity and the bestselling author of Why Christianity Must Change or Die and Eternal Life explains why a literal reading of the Gospels is actually heretical, and how this mistaken notion only entered the church once Gentiles had pushed out all the Jewish followers of Jesus.A man who has consciously and deliberately walked the path of Christ, John Shelby Spong has lived his entire life inside...

As Spong exposes and challenges what he calls the "terrible texts of the Bible, " laying bare the evil done by them in the name of God, he also seeks to redeem these texts, hoping to recover their ultimate depth and purpose.

Now in paperback from the bestselling author of Living in Sin? comes a carefully researched, bold, and persuasive argument that "the virgin of a literal Bible, the virgin of annunciation, Bethlehem, and the manger, corrupted by the years of an overlaid male theology, will have to go".

A leading Christian liberal and pioneer for human rights challenges traditional theology and takes readers on a journey beyond religion to give his answer to the question of life beyond death.

In his bestselling "Why Christianity Must Change or Die, " Bishop Spong described the toxins that are poisoning the Church. Now he offers the antidote. Spong explains why the traditional understandings of God, Christ, the Church, and their rules and dogmas are wrong and dangerous.

The "Publishers Weekly" religion bestseller for six months is now in paperback--a revolutionary contemporary creed for the new millennium, from the controversial author of "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism".

The controversial bishop who authored Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism draws on biblical evidence as well as contemporary thought to take a daring look at the very foundation of Christianity--the Resurrection and the story of Easter.

Bestselling author John Shelby Spong challenges traditional Christian understanding by examining the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life and teaching, especially the infancy and crucifixion stories, through a Jewish lens, offering a startling, richer understanding of Christian scripture.

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