JOHN SHELBY SPONG
Across America today, there is a growing number of people who have either abandoned traditional Christianity or have settled into despair, fearing they’ll never feel comfortable identifying with the Christian tradition again.
There is, however, good news. Among a small number of intelligent and compassionate voices today that are lifting above the madness of religious fundamentalism, the voice of John Shelby Spong is articulating an interpretation and understanding of Christian history and story that honors and challenges the mind while it renews the heart. Jack Spong rejects the vacuous, angry imagery of literalist and fundamentalist Christianity in favor of a human Jesus; a Creator-God committed to the life and health of planet Earth; and a healing community of persons that embraces all people regardless of religion, race, gender, nation or lifestyle.
In this FAITHANDREASON® DVD, recorded in November 2007 in Denver, Colorado, Bishop Spong presents four extraordinary lectures based on material from his book Jesus for the Non-Religious.
• Separating Myth from History
Bishop Spong draws back the curtain on how the early followers forged their convictions about who Jesus of Nazareth was and how they shaped the Gospels and later Christian Orthodoxy.
• Did He Die for My Sins?
Bishop Spong traces the evolution of early Christian thought surrounding “The Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world.”
• Jesus, A Man for All Seasons
Illustrating a universal, non-exclusive portrait of Jesus who seeks abundant living for all people.
• Why I Am A Christian
Jack Spong gives testimony to a life of Christian evolution and change made possible for him by patience, good will and compassion from the very people his own denomination judged & excluded: women, minorities, and gays and lesbians.
