Harper Academic

Living in Sin?

A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality

by John Shelby Spong

On Sale: 02/02/1990

Price: $16.99

Living in Sin?

A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality

by John Shelby Spong

On Sale: 02/02/1990

Format:

Price: $16.99

About the Book

Episcopal bishop and bestselling author John Shelby Spong explores the questions about love, relationships, and commitment that have consumed the Christian Church for centuries. Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces?

Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response to the changing realities of the modern world that is based on scripture and history. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, non-exploitative relationships. Spong does not suggest the overthrow of traditional marriage, but rather a more expansive look at love and commitment.

John Shelby Spong was the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000. As a leading spokesperson for an open, scholarly and progressive Christianity, Bishop Spong has taught at Harvard and at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also lectured at universities, conference centers and churches in North America, Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. His books include A New Christianity for a New World, Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, and his autobiography, Here I Stand.

“Probably the most radical pronouncement on sex ever issued by a bishop.”

- Time Magazine

Critical Praise

“Probably the most radical pronouncement on sex ever issued by a bishop.” — Time magazine

“John Shelby Spong…is a brave churchman. He has the guts to tell it like it is.” — National Catholic Reporter

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060675073
  • ISBN 10: 0060675071
  • Imprint: HarperOne
  • On Sale: 02/02/1990
  • Trimsize: 5.310 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 0.580 in (d)
  • Pages: 256
  • List Price: $16.99
  • BISAC1 : RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
  • BISAC2 : RELIGION / Christianity / General
  • BISAC3 : RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies