Jesus for the Non-Religious
by John Shelby Spong
 

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In Jesus for the Non-Religious, Spong addresses Christianity's most imperative question - Who is Jesus?

He first strips the superstitious barnacles that have attached themselves to this extraordinary person and then explains how these traditions arose. Once these myths are exposed, we are able to see the true Jesus, a heroic figure who revealed divinity through his humanness and can still guide us today. In short, Spong breaks Jesus free from the idol figure religion has created and restores for us a revolutionary and life-giving leader.
 

Book Reviews

	"Fasten your seat belts! Bishop Spong takes us for a wild and daring ride with Jesus: first stripping him of all the myths we've grown up with; then offering a more approachable, more believable Jesus as the key to a new life and new humanity. It is the boldest book I’ve ever read, but also the most hopeful."
	- Bill Press author of How The Republicans Stole Religion
	"Sparkling with personal anecdotes and nurtured by a wide range of scriptural scholarship, Spong's book deconstructs conventional religion and then fashions a new Jesus consonant with modern consciousness."
	- Hal Taussig author of A New Spiritual Home: Progressive Christianity at the Grass Roots
	"Bishop Spong's luminous interpretation of Jesus' humanity provides his readers, whether religious or nonreligious, with an intellectually energizing and pioneering perspective on what we may then identify with the idea of his divinity. The pages were turning quickly for this avid reader."
	- Dr. Jack D. Spiro Virginia Commonwealth University