Bishop Spong Speaks Out: Sept. 11 and Death of God, the Father / the Bishop & the Cosmologist (Ideas)

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Summary: Spong in Summary Form
Review: This CD contains two 2003 interviews on Canada's CBC radio network featuring retired American Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong. In summary form, he outlines some thoughts on topics like the Sept 11 attacks, prayer, cosmology, Bible literalism and the rise of fundamentalist religion, and he questions our traditional understanding of many Bible-related issues in the light of new knowledge. It is tempting for conservative Christians to dismiss this man's ideas out-of-hand ... but we should not. One of the best things I ever did was pick up one of his books for the first time. If you've not given intelligent consideration to Spong's ideas before, this CD could be a good start for you. Then you'll want to get his books!

Rating:
Summary: Spong in Summary Form
Review: This CD contains two 2003 interviews on Canada's CBC radio network featuring retired American Episcopalian bishop John Shelby Spong. In summary form, he outlines some thoughts on topics like the Sept 11 attacks, prayer, cosmology, Bible literalism and the rise of fundamentalist religion, and he questions our traditional understanding of many Bible-related issues in the light of new knowledge. It is tempting for conservative Christians to dismiss this man's ideas out-of-hand ... but we should not. One of the best things I ever did was pick up one of his books for the first time. If you've not given intelligent consideration to Spong's ideas before, this CD could be a good start for you. Then you'll want to get his books!