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

— John Shelby Spong (1931–2021), Bischof und Autor

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John Shelby Spong

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.

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