Bishop John C. Spong

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gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:advocatesFor Interfaith dialogue
LGBTQ+ rights
gptkbp:birthDate June 16, 1931
gptkbp:children Three
gptkbp:deathDate September 12, 2021
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Divinity_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop John C. Spong
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Rudolf_Bultmann
gptkb:Paul_Tillich
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Progressive_Christianity
gptkbp:notableWork The Sins of Scripture
Why Christianity Must Change or Die
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Newark
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_M._Allin
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse Christine_Spong
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Mark_Beckwith
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Bible's_Buried_Secrets
gptkb:The_Bible:_A_New_Translation
gptkb:The_New_Testament:_A_New_Translation
Eternal Life: A New Vision
The Sins of Scripture
The Bishop's Voice
The End of Religion
The God Who Is No Longer There
The Politics of Jesus
The Face of God
A_New_Christianity_for_a_New_World
Living_in_Sin?
The_Challenge_of_Jesus
The_Fourth_Gospel:_Tales_of_a_Jewish_Mystic
This_Hebrew_Lord