Product Description
In this provocative best-seller, the outspoken and controversial Bishop John Shelby Spong reveals how literal interpretations of Scripture have been used to justify slavery ban textbooks deny the rights of gays and lesbians subordinate women and justify war and revenge. Spong combines current biblical scholarship, modern science, and most of all, his deep love and respect for scripture, to lift the Bible out of the prejudices and cultural biases of by gone eras. Eloquent, forthright, and compassionate. Spong liberates the Bible's message of hope for all people.
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- Published in 1991 by Harper San Francisco
- Volume is 267 pages in length
- Subdivided into 14 chapters, Epilogue, notes, bibliography and index
