Gay friendly bishop's UK tour
Gay friendly bishop's UK tour
PinkNews.co.uk, UK A provocative retired Anglican bishop who supports gay rights within the church is to give give a series of talks in the UK.
John Shelby Spong, a bishop with the Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, for 24 years, is conducting a world tour in support of his book Jesus for the Non-Religious.
He has already toured New Zealand and flies to South Africa afterwards his UK appearances.
Bishop Spong will be holding public lectures in churches and libraries around the UK, finishing with a talk in St John's Church, an Anglican parish church opposite London's Waterloo station, on Saturday 20th October.
The liberal theologian has aroused criticism from high ranking members of the church such as the Archbishop of Canterbury due to his controversial views about the future of the Anglican church and Christianity in general.
As well as gay rights, 76-year-old Bishop Spong encourages feminism and racial equality within the church, and he called for a new Christian Reformation in which some of the religion's core beliefs should be challenged.
PinkNews.co.uk, UK A provocative retired Anglican bishop who supports gay rights within the church is to give give a series of talks in the UK.
John Shelby Spong, a bishop with the Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, for 24 years, is conducting a world tour in support of his book Jesus for the Non-Religious.
He has already toured New Zealand and flies to South Africa afterwards his UK appearances.
Bishop Spong will be holding public lectures in churches and libraries around the UK, finishing with a talk in St John's Church, an Anglican parish church opposite London's Waterloo station, on Saturday 20th October.
The liberal theologian has aroused criticism from high ranking members of the church such as the Archbishop of Canterbury due to his controversial views about the future of the Anglican church and Christianity in general.
As well as gay rights, 76-year-old Bishop Spong encourages feminism and racial equality within the church, and he called for a new Christian Reformation in which some of the religion's core beliefs should be challenged.
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