The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic, Paperback/John Shelby Spong

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Rescuing John's Gospel from Its Creedal Captivity John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly, and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literacy, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the "Beloved Disciple." The result of this intriguing study not only recaptures the original message of this gospel, but also provides us today with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged.

Despre autor

John Shelby Spong

Episcop american (1931–2021)

John Shelby "Jack" Spong a fost un episcop american al Bisericii Episcopale. Născut în Charlotte, Carolina de Nord, a slujit ca episcop al Newark, New Jersey, din 1979 până în 2000. Spong a fost un teolog creștin liberal și autor care a cerut o regândire fundamentală a credinței creștine, îndepărtându-se de teism și de doctrinele tradiționale.