John Shelby Spong
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The Right Reverend John Shelby Spong |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Newark | |
Spong in 2006
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| Church | The Episcopal Church |
| Province | Province 2 |
| Diocese | Newark |
| In office | 1979–2000 |
| Predecessor | George E. Rath |
| Successor | John P. Croneberger |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1955 |
| Consecration | June 12, 1976 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 16, 1931 Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Christine Mary Spong |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina Virginia Theological Seminary |
John Shelby "Jack" Spong (born June 16, 1931) is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000 he was Bishop of Newark (based in Newark, New Jersey). He is a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author. He calls for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines.
Spong was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and educated in Charlotte public schools. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. He received his Master of Divinity degree in 1955 from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1955. He has had honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees conferred on him by Virginia Theological Seminary and Saint Paul's College, Virginia, as well as an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters conferred by Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.
In 2005, he wrote: "[I have] immerse[d] myself in contemporary Biblical scholarship at such places as Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School and the storied universities in Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge."
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