John Shelby Spong Quotes


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


Citations

Spong, John Shelby. A New Christianity for a New World: Why Traditional Faith Is Dying and How a New Faith Is Being Born. HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.

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John Shelby Spong
John Shelby Spong
  • Born: June 16, 1931
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Shelby "Jack" Spong is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000, he was the Bishop of Newark, New Jersey. A liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author, he calls for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines.