Jesus for the Non-Religious

from chellinsky

This is the book I wanted to read. Spong deconstructs what he perceives to be myths in Christian religious ideology not by claiming that such parts of the faith are too outlandish to be true. Rather, he develops reasoning behind the insertion of various miracles to create a Jesus that could be wo...

from bke

If anything useful can ever be salvages from christianity, it will be philosophers like Spong who do it. His works are always thought provoking, well worth the effort.

from elimatta

On a rereading in 2021. He attacks fundamental literal approaches to the Bible. Concludes that there were no miracles, virgin birth, resurrection etc. All of that was invention decades later, to fit Jesus into Old Testament themes and forecasts. Why then follow Jesus? Because of his humanity. He ...

from chellinsky

This is the book I wanted to read. Spong deconstructs what he perceives to be myths in Christian religious ideology not by claiming that such parts of the faith are too outlandish to be true. Rather, he develops reasoning behind the insertion of various miracles to create a Jesus that could be wo...

from bke

If anything useful can ever be salvages from christianity, it will be philosophers like Spong who do it. His works are always thought provoking, well worth the effort.