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Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy: a Journey into a New Christianity Through the Doorway of Matthew's Gospel

By John Shelby Spong

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9780062362308 | Harperone, February 16, 2016, cover price $26.99

The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic

By John Shelby Spong

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9780062011305 | Harperone, June 11, 2013, cover price $26.99

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9780062011312 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 2, 2014), cover price $15.99

Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World

By John Shelby Spong

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9780062011282 | Harpercollins, November 8, 2011, cover price $28.99

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9780062011299 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, November 5, 2013), cover price $16.99

The Easter Moment

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 mystery of what actually happened on that long-ago Easter when the whole history of the human race was changed. Spong is willing to ask tough and searching questions and to come up with startling and significant answers to what happened after death that first fateful Easter, and what that means for thinking about life after death today.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780816401338 | Seabury Pr, April 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: 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 mystery of what actually happened on that long-ago Easter when the whole history of the human race was changed.

Paperback:

9781878282156 | St Johann Pr, April 1, 1998, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: 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 mystery of what actually happened on that long-ago Easter when the whole history of the human race was changed.

9780062547309 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1987, cover price $8.95

Miscellaneous:

9780062047960 | Harpercollins, October 19, 2010, cover price $6.99

Beyond Moralism

By John Shelby Spong

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9780062047977 | Harpercollins, October 19, 2010, cover price $8.99

Eternal Life, A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060762063, titled "Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell" | Harpercollins, September 1, 2009, cover price $24.99

Jesus for the Non-religious

By John Shelby Spong

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9780061233234 | Large print edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 2007), cover price $16.95

Miscellaneous:

9780061737305 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $10.99

Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible With Jewish Eyes

By John Shelby Spong

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9780061748424 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $10.99

Why Christianity Must Change Or Die

Product Description: This work challenges each point of the traditional Creed and seeks to come to a contemporary understanding of God. Spong's main arguments centre round a wish to re-interpret traditional Christianity as we know it.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060605001 | Int edition (Harper San Francisco, May 13, 1998), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: This work challenges each point of the traditional Creed and seeks to come to a contemporary understanding of God.

The Sins of Scripture

By John Shelby Spong

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9780061835605 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $10.99

Born of a Woman

Product Description: "Only the church that manages to free itself from its sexist definition of women, anchored significantly in the Virgin Mary tradition, will survive", writes Bishop Spong. He challenges the doctrine that Jesus's mother Mary was a virgin, traces its development in the early Christian Church and the Christmas narratives, and reveals its legacy in our contemporary attitudes toward women and female sexuality...read more

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060675295 | Int edition (Harpercollins College Div, September 1, 1992), cover price $11.00 | also contains Living With Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Caregivers, Living With Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Caregivers | About this edition: "Only the church that manages to free itself from its sexist definition of women, anchored significantly in the Virgin Mary tradition, will survive", writes Bishop Spong.

Christpower

By Lucy Newton Boswell (contributor) and John Shelby Spong

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9781878282118 | St Johann Pr, August 29, 2007, cover price $22.50

Jesus for the Non-Religious: Recovering the Divine at the Heart of the Human

Poses an argument for the importance of separating the teachings and examples of Jesus from the restrictive dogma of modern religious institutions in order to render Christ a more accessible role model.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060762070 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, March 1, 2007), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Poses an argument for the importance of separating the teachings and examples of Jesus from the restrictive dogma of modern religious institutions in order to render Christ a more accessible role model.

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9780060778415 | Harpercollins, March 1, 2008, cover price $14.99

Jesus for the Nonreligious

The author of Why Christianity Must Change poses an argument for the importance of separating the teachings and examples of Jesus from the restrictive dogma of today's religious institutions in order to render Christ a more accessible role model. Simultaneous.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780061230745 | Unabridged edition (Harperaudio, March 1, 2007), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Poses an argument for the importance of separating the teachings and examples of Jesus from the restrictive dogma of modern religious institutions in order to render Christ a more accessible role model.

The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love

A controversial exploration of biblical passages that are used to justify discrimination, oppression, and violence against women, homosexuals, members of other faiths, children, and the environment seeks to reveal and recover the texts' ultimate depth and purpose, counseling Christians on how to embrace a new vision of how to use the Bible for genuine good and peace. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060762056 | Harper San Francisco, April 30, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An exploration of biblical passages that are used to justify discrimination, oppression, and violence against minorities, members of other faiths, and the environment seeks to reveal and recover the texts' ultimate depth and purpose.

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9780060778408 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, March 1, 2006), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An exploration of biblical passages that are used to justify discrimination, oppression, and violence against minorities, members of other faiths, and the environment seeks to reveal and recover the texts' ultimate depth and purpose.

Into the Whirlwind: The Future of the Church

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By John Shelby Spong

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9781878282132 | St Johann Pr, May 1, 2003, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Book by John Shelby Spong

A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born

The popular, challenging Episcopal bishop serves up his unique vision for the Christian church, arguing that traditional expressions of the faith are dying while a new paradigm emerges. Reprint.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060670849 | 1 edition (Harper San Francisco, September 1, 2001), cover price $24.00

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9780060670634 | 1 reprint edition (Harperone, October 1, 2002), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: The popular, challenging Episcopal bishop serves up his unique vision for the Christian church, arguing that traditional expressions of the faith are dying while a new paradigm emerges.

The Once & Future Faith

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By Karen Armstrong (editor), Don Cupitt, Arthur J. Dewey, Robert W. Funk, Lloyd Geering, Roy Hoover, Robert J. Miller, Stephen J. Patterson, Bernard Brandon Scott and John Shelby Spong

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9780944344859 | Polebridge Pr Westar Inst, October 1, 2001, cover price $20.00

Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality

The renowned Episcopal bishop shares his life story, focusing on his struggles with some fundamentalist Christians and Catholics to keep the love commandment at the center of Christianity by resisting efforts to institute exclusionist policies. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060675387 | Harper San Francisco, February 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The renowned Episcopal bishop shares his life story, focusing on his struggles with some fundamentalist Christians and Catholics to keep the love commandment at the center of Christianity by resisting efforts to institute exclusionist policies

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9780060675394 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, April 1, 2001), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: The renowned Episcopal bishop shares his life story, focusing on his struggles with some fundamentalist Christians and Catholics to keep the love commandment at the center of Christianity by resisting efforts to institute exclusionist policies

Honest Prayer

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By John Shelby Spong

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9781878282187 | St Johann Pr, January 1, 2001, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Honest Prayer by John Shelby Spong

The Bishop's Voice: Selected Essays

Product Description: For twenty years, Episcopal Bishop John Spong, wrote a monthly column in his diocesan newspaper, The Voice. Throughout the years, he used the paper as a pulpit for his progressive views about faith, dogma, tradition, and human rights...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Christine M. Spong (editor) and John Shelby Spong

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9780824518776 | Crossroad Pub Co, September 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: For twenty years, Episcopal Bishop John Spong, wrote a monthly column in his diocesan newspaper, The Voice.

The Living Commandments

By John Shelby Spong

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9780816403561 | Seabury Pr, November 1, 1977, cover price $6.95

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9781878282170 | Reprint edition (St Johann Pr, September 1, 2000), cover price $15.00

Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments

Product Description: 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 morality of war in a nuclear age, equitable tax structures, abortion, marital fidelity, capital punishment, care of aging parents, euthanasia, homosexuality, and other contemporary concerns...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Denise G. Haines and John Shelby Spong

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9781878282149 | St Johann Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: This thought-provoking guide takes a candid look at the moral issues we face in our daily lives.

9780866835145 | 1 edition (Winston Pr, October 1, 1986), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: This thought-provoking guide takes a candid look at the moral issues we face in our daily lives.

Dialogue: In Search of Jewish-Christian Understanding

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By Jack D. Spiro and John Shelby Spong

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9781878282163 | St Johann Pr, December 1, 1999, cover price $15.00

Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile

A spokesman for liberal Christianity argues that the Christian religion must move to a spirituality based on thought and love, and away from blind faith and damnation, discussing the dangers of fundamentalism, the role of women, and more. Reprint. Tour.

By John Shelby Spong

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9780060675325 | Harper San Francisco, May 1, 1998, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A controversial, liberal religious figure offers his clear vision for the future of authentic Christian living, stating that the judgmental trend of fundamentalism does not fit in with the love and tolerance doctrines espoused in the Bible.

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9780060675363 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1999), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A spokesman for liberal Christianity argues that the Christian religion must move to a spirituality based on thought and love, and away from blind faith and damnation, discussing the dangers of fundamentalism, the role of women, and more.

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