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A New Christianity for a New World : Why Traditional Faith Is Dying & What Should Take Its Place

John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal Bishop, is in no way retiring. In fact, he has probably sparked more controversy than any other church official within a mainline denomination. Spong's views on the Bible, human sexuality, and basic Christian beliefs may shock conservative readers. Here he takes on some of the most basic Christian doctrines, and finds them in need of radical revision. 

From the publisher ...

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.

From the reviews ...

"Bishop Spong’s new book is filled with trenchant insights, searing honesty, and boundless hope."
— Robert W. Funk, author of The Five Gospels

 

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The Rev. Charles P. Henderson is a Presbyterian minister and Executive Director of
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He is the author of God and Science (John Knox Press, 1986).  
A revised and expanded version of the book is appearing here.
God and Science (Hypertext Edition, 2005).
He is also editor of a new book, featuring articles by world class scientists and theologians, and illustrating the leading views on the relationship between science and religion:
Faith, Science and the Future (CrossCurrents Press, 2007).

Charles also tracks the boundry between the virtual and the real at his blog: Next World Design, focusing on the mediation of art, science and spirituality in the metaverse.  

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