The legendary Episcopal Bishop tells of his lifelong struggle to champion an authentic christianity based on love, not hatred.

John 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...

This thought-provoking guide takes a candid look at the moral issues we face in our daily lives. Using the Ten Commandments as a starting point, the authors bring fresh analysis to such problems as the...

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.

An important and respected voice for liberal American Christianity for the past twenty years, Bishop John Shelby Spong integrates his often controversial stands on the Bible, Jesus, theism, and morality...

Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical validity of literal narrative concerned the Ressurection....

Drawing on a lifetime of wisdom, New York Times bestselling author and controversial religious leader John Shelby Spong continues to challenge traditional Christian theology in Eternal Life: A New Vision....

In the history of the Western World, the Bible has been a perpetual source of inspiration and guidance for countless Christians. However, this Bible has also left a trail of pain. It is undeniable that...

John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and Episcopal bishop of Newark, NJ, challenges the doctrine of the virgin birth, tracing its development in the early Christian church and revealing its legacy in...

Le quatrième évangile, appelé l’évangile de Jean, est une source biblique importante pour le christianisme. Il a joué un rôle déterminant dans l’élaboration des credo des IVe et Ve siècles qui ont durablement...

Reconnu pour sa solide culture biblique, fondée sur les travaux de l’exégèse moderne et pour sa bonne connaissance de l’hébreu et du grec, John Shelby Spong développe ici le grand intérêt à lire les évangiles...

Le cœur de cet ouvrage est une étude biblique approfondie des premiers chapitres de Matthieu et Luc. Spong ouvre les yeux de ses lecteurs sur la tradition juive, le midrash, dans laquelle les auteurs...

La résurrection de Jésus se trouve au fondement même du christianisme. C’est cette expérience appelée « Pâques » qui a propulsé le mouvement chrétien dans l’histoire. John S. Spong tente donc, dans ce...

La grande préoccupation de l’évêque John Shelby Spong a toujours été de sauver la Bible d’une lecture littéraliste. Tranchant sur la pratique de nombre de ses pairs, anglicans et catholiques, sa démarche...

Deuxième édition revue à l'occasion de la venue mi-juin 2015 de l'auteur John Shelby Spong à Paris pour la parution de Né d'une femme. Conception et naissance de Jésus dans les évangiles. John Shelby...

The Easter Moment tells the moving story of Spong's friendship with a young physician dying of cancer and how that relationship shed new light on the years of study the author has devoted to the great...

Au début du XVIe siècle, le christianisme était en crise, en proie à des conflits qui donnèrent naissance à la Réforme protestante. Un peu plus tard, le mouvement de Martin Luther fut suivi par une période...

The Pope Describes the Ancient Traditional Jesus; Bishop Spong Brings Us a Jesus Modern People Can Be Inspired By

In Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World, bishop and social activist John Shelby Spong argues that 200 years of biblical scholarship has been withheld from lay Christians. In this brilliant...

In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the...

From the bestselling author of Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: John Shelby Spong's original groundbreaking classic, now newly revised, reveals the Jesus "behind the language of myth, magic, and...

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...

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 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...

Cet ouvrage fait suite à la journée d’études du 5 octobre 2019 sur John Shelby Spong, lors de laquelle furent aussi discutées les idées de Joseph Moingt sur l’esprit du christianisme et cette partie de...