| A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying & How a New Faith Is Being Born Contributor(s): Spong, John Shelby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060670630 ISBN-13: 9780060670634 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology - Religion | Christian Living - Prayer - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Dewey: 230 |
| LCCN: 2001024313 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.31" W x 7.99" (0.51 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: In his bestselling book Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Bishop John Shelby Spong described the toxins that are poisoning the Church. Now he offers the antidote, calling Christians everywhere into a new and radical reformation for a new age. Spong looks beyond traditional boundaries to open new avenues and a new vocabulary into the Holy, proposing a Christianity premised upon justice, love, and the rise of a new humanity -- a vision of the power that might be |
Contributor Bio(s): Spong, John Shelby: - John Shelby Spong, the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000, has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at more than 500 other universities all over the world. His books, which have sold well over a million copies, include Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy; The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic; Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World; Eternal Life: A New Vision; Jesus for the Non-Religious, The Sins of Scripture, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?; Why Christianity Must Change or Die; and his autobiography, Here I Stand. He writes a weekly column on the web that reaches thousands of people all over the world. To join his online audience, go to www.JohnShelbySpong.com. He lives with his wife, Christine, in New Jersey. |