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kwheeles's review against another edition
4.0
Deeply thoughtful personal review of Bishop Spong's life, spirituality, religion. I find his view of Christianity most compatible with my own.
rabbit_reads's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
alexvincoh's review against another edition
4.0
Really impressed by this book. It's the first I've read that 1) acknowledges that we live in a world where science and reason have eliminated the primal rationales for religion, yet 2) still attempts to take a stab at how a non orthodox (possibly more historically appropriate) view of Christianity can still be worthwhile for people. It's a post religious view of the world. Intriguing stuff.
kylieqrada's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.0
I highly recommend this if you are deconstructing from evangelicalism AND you are willing to get your brain broken. John Shelby Spong was 79 when he published this, but for the most part was very forward thinking for his age. However, there are some areas where he isn't the most inclusive. Overall, though, I will be thinking about this book for a very long time, and it has jumpstarted my spiritual search anew.
prgchrqltma's review against another edition
3.0
I lost steam about halfway through. An interesting look at Spong's spiritual journey.
bokashi's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it mostly for his list of authors that he thinks are moving the dialogue forward in theology. This book didn’t particularly push my thinking or grab my imagination the way I hoped it would.
ndlxs's review
I think that Spong's writing can be a little tiresome; there are long sentences and a lot of "first we shall discuss" type exposition, but his ideas are well worth the trouble. This short book takes most of its length to set the stage and get to the point; his vision is I think that of a mystic; we all have God in us all of the time; God is part of us and not separated from us; this forms the basis of the book. It is an intriguing view that will take me some time to digest.
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