2000, ISBN: 9780060675073

Episcopal bishop and bestselling author John Shelby Spong explores the questions about love, relationships, and commitment that have consumed the Christian Church for centuries. Is celiba… Mehr…

Episcopal bishop and bestselling author John Shelby Spong explores the questions about love, relationships, and commitment that have consumed the Christian Church for centuries. Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response to the changing realities of the modern world that is based on scripture and history. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, non-exploitative relationships. Spong does not suggest the overthrow of traditional marriage, but rather a more expansive look at love and commitment. John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000. As a leading spokesperson for an open, scholarly and progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong has taught at Harvard and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also lectured at universities, conference centers and churches in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. 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. â??Probably the most radical pronouncement on sex ever issued by a bishop." - Time Magazine | Living In Sin? by John Shelby Spong Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Religion > Christianity P10107, John Shelby Spong<

2000, ISBN: 9780060675073

Episcopal bishop and bestselling author John Shelby Spong explores the questions about love, relationships, and commitment that have consumed the Christian Church for centuries. Is celiba… Mehr…

Episcopal bishop and bestselling author John Shelby Spong explores the questions about love, relationships, and commitment that have consumed the Christian Church for centuries. Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response to the changing realities of the modern world that is based on scripture and history. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, non-exploitative relationships. Spong does not suggest the overthrow of traditional marriage, but rather a more expansive look at love and commitment. John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000. As a leading spokesperson for an open, scholarly and progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong has taught at Harvard and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also lectured at universities, conference centers and churches in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. 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. “Probably the most radical pronouncement on sex ever issued by a bishop." - Time Magazine | Living In Sin? by John Shelby Spong Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Religion > Christianity P10107, John Shelby Spong<

ISBN: 9780060675073

Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive people who identify as LGBTQ… Mehr…

Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive people who identify as LGBTQ into its community and support gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Should the church's moral standards continue to be set by patriarchal males? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response based on scripture and history to the changing realities of the modern world. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, nonexploitative relationships. | Living In Sin? by John Shelby Spong Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Religion > Christianity P10107, John Shelby Spong<

ISBN: 9780060675073

Living in Sin? Paperback New Books, HarperCollins Publications