Overview
John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and Episcopal bishop of Newark, NJ, challenges the doctrine of the virgin birth, tracing its development in the early Christian church and revealing its legacy in our contemporary attitudes toward women and female sexuality.
Full Product Details
Author: John Shelby Spong
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperOne
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.316kg
ISBN: 9780060675233
ISBN 10: 0060675233
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 June 2018
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
How a one-sided portrayal of the Mother of God has been used to keep real women under wraps. --Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves
A marvelous combination of scholarly, speculative, and imaginative reflection written in language accessible to the theologically unsophisticated. Highly recommended. --Library Journal
Spong restores a flesh-and-blood humanity to the mother of Jesus. --Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy A marvelous combination of scholarly, speculative, and imaginative reflection written in language accessible to the theologically unsophisticated. Highly recommended. --Library Journal How a one-sided portrayal of the Mother of God has been used to keep real women under wraps. --Clarissa Pinkola Est?s, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves Spong restores a flesh-and-blood humanity to the mother of Jesus. --Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy A marvelous combination of scholarly, speculative, and imaginative reflection written in language accessible to the theologically unsophisticated. Highly recommended. --Library Journal How a one-sided portrayal of the Mother of God has been used to keep real women under wraps. --Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves
"""How a one-sided portrayal of the Mother of God has been used to keep real women under wraps."" -- Clarissa Pinkola Estés, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves ""Spong restores a flesh-and-blood humanity to the mother of Jesus."" -- Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy ""A marvelous combination of scholarly, speculative, and imaginative reflection written in language accessible to the theologically unsophisticated. Highly recommended."" -- Library Journal"
A marvelous combination of scholarly, speculative, and imaginative reflection written in language accessible to the theologically unsophisticated. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal
Author Information
John Shelby Spong served the Episcopal Church as a priest and bishop for forty-five years. As a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at universities and churches throughout North America and the English-speaking world, he is one of the leading spokespersons for an open and engaged Christianity. He has initiated landmark controversial discussions within the church and is an outspoken advocate for change. His twenty-plus books, including The Sins of Scripture, A New Christianity for a New World, and his autobiography Here I Stand have sold over one million copies and have been translated into most of the major languages of the world. He also writes a weekly column for WaterFrontMedia. He lives with his wife, Christine, in Morris Plains, New Jersey.
