Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
John Shelby Spong
Born: June 16, 1931
Died: September 12, 2021 (aged 90)
Bio: John Shelby "Jack" Spong was a American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000 he was Bishop of Newark. He is a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author.
Known for:
- Why Christianity Must Change or Die (1998)
- A New Christianity for a New World (2001)
- Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (1991)
- The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic (2013)
- Jesus for the non-religious (2007)