John Shelby Spong

(see also Liberation Theology: US)

Basics

On the Web: Articles

Profile of a Bishop: John Shelby Spong. Ellen Barrett, The Voice (9-10/97).

On the Web: Specialized Sites

Bishop John Shelby Spong Homepage.

Bishop John Shelby Spong Unofficial Fan Website.

In the Library: Articles

Spong, John Shelby. "Forward" to Daniel A. Helminiak, What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (San Francisco: Alamo Square, 1994).

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Spong, John Shelby & Jack Daniel Spiro. Dialogue: In Search of Jewish-Christian Understanding (NY: Seabury, 1975).

__________. The Living Commandments (NY: Seabury, 1977).

__________. The Easter Moment (NY: Seabury, 1980).

__________. Into the Whirlwind: The Future of the Church (NY: Seabury, 1983).

__________ & Denise G. Haines. Beyond Moralism: A Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986).

__________. Living in Sin? A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988).

__________. Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture (San Francisco: Harper, 1991).

__________. Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus (San Francisco: Harper, 1992).

__________. This Hebrew Lord: A Bishop's Search for the Authentic Jesus (San Francisco: Harper, 1993).

__________. Resurrection: myth or reality? A Bishop's Search for the Origins of Christianity (San Francisco: Harper, 1995).

__________. Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes. Freeing Jesus from 2,000 Years of Misunderstanding (San Francisco: Harper, 1996).

__________. Why Christianity Must Change or Die: A Bishop Speaks to Believers in Exile. A New Reformation of the Church's Faith & Practice (San Francisco: Harper, 1998).

__________. The Bishop's Voice: Selected Essays, 1979-1999 (NY: Crossroads, 1999).

__________. Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, & Equality (San Francisco: Harper, 2000).

__________. A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith is Dying, & How a New Faith is Being Born (San Francisco: Harper, 2001).

In the Library: Fiction

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"The Roots of Hate: The New Testament & Anti-Semitism" [1999], dir. George James, 29m. From Films for the Humanities & Sciences.