Quotes by John Shelby Spong

John Shelby Spong (1931–2021) — Bischof und Autor · anglikanisch / episkopal · USA

John Shelby Spong war ein US-amerikanischer Bischof der Episkopalkirche in Newark und ein einflussreicher theologischer Buchautor des späten 20. Jahrhunderts. Er stand für einen radikalen theologischen Liberalismus, engagierte sich für die kirchliche Gleichstellung von Homosexuellen und lehnte traditionelle Dogmen wie die Jungfrauengeburt oder die leibliche Auferstehung Jesu ab. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als streitbarer Vordenker des progressiven Christentums, dessen Kritik an klassischen Glaubenssätzen scharfe theologische Kontroversen auslöste.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Doubt & Hard Questions, Wisdom & Understanding, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Meaning & Identity, Freedom & Truth, Love, Service & Love of Neighbour, Grace & Redemption

Quotes by John Shelby Spong

I can only give away the love that I have received.
John Shelby Spong

I think the story of the Christian faith is how you can become more deeply and fully human, not how you can become religious. And I don't see any indication that being religious makes you more moral.
John Shelby Spong

Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
John Shelby Spong

I treasure the Bible. I live in it and work on it all the time. But it is not the word of God. It's the tribal story of a particular people, and the best thing about that story is that the story keeps growing and evolving.
John Shelby Spong

Jesus' power is the power of human wholeness that ultimately opens, invites and enables human beings to step beyond defense lines where incomplete humanity always hides in order to experience full humanity.
John Shelby Spong

I live on the other side of Copernicus and Galileo; I can no longer conceive of God as sort of above the sky, looking down and keeping record books.
John Shelby Spong

Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
John Shelby Spong

I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.
John Shelby Spong

Sources: christiancourier.com, religionnews.com

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