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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book that I was very much looking forward to.  Being on the heels of reading his autobiography, I anticipated some orthodoxy from him which was not found in Here I Stand(although understandable as this was not the place for that).  Unfortunately, what I found was a book that had some good ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4569132">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(I'm not exactly sure if this is the right version - when I read it, it didn't have a &quot;study guide&quot; - but I couldn't find a better ISBN)<br/><br/>MAJOR DISCLAIMER - Don't read it until you're ready to read it.  It's not going to change your mind about sexual ethics unless you want it to....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/464692">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent and well thought book, a call to liberalize the modern church and 'get with the times'. I rather enjoyed his chapter on the Bible as being contradictory (which it is) and that it shouldn't be taken literally (which it shouldn't). ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some very interesting (and controversial) viewpoints are presented here, but nothing particularly original or deep, and in some cases shallow enough to argue against.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kind of redundant in places, but I learned a lot about the passages in the Bible used to protest homosexuality.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent book on human sexuality, written in 1988.  We have move forward, but only in baby steps.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are in any way interested in the ever-crushing Christian-religious debate surrounding homosexuality, this book is really phenomenal.  Especially considering how early it is in this debate of the broader Church (mid-80s I think). Spong's challenge to THE Church about the debate on sexuality is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38011492">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[really readable, interesting and fun...  but my goodness, carrying a book with this cover around was pretty rough.  it's so 1980s dramatic and i was always afraid people would miss the question mark.  because i didn't want to look mean, and i think the cover has a lot of potential for mean.  like ot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50175913">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another ace in the hole for Spong.  Oh how I am hoping the Christian church will wake soon and once and for all begin practicing acceptance and inclusiveness instead of the opposite.  Spong faces touchy subjects in this book and offers readers another perspective.  A more realistic view of what is r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50233225">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating evaluation of tabou subjects in the Christian church. The book is outstanding because it is written by an Episcopalian Bishop, John Spong, lending a lot of credibility to the subject. Additionally, Spong, defends his stances with Biblical references.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ah... my first salute to heathons [mom, i'm kidding! me and jesus:we're like peas and carrots! honest!].<br/>a good take on those who need help wrapping thier arms around understanding that thier sunday school teachers may not have got everything exactly right...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know it wasn't Rev Spong's intention, but this is the book that turned me into an atheist.  Spong is one of those rare people who can write an educational book about the Bible and actually make it readable]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots to digest. Good stuff for the most part. Spong is out there, but I cannot disagree with his message of inclusiveness and love for all. Through Christ ALL have been made alive.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I went to go listen to Bishop Spong give a talk to the Metropolitan Community Church on August 5th, 2007. I found, much to my delight, that Spong's objections to ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[20 years old and remarkably still relevant and timely.  Spong defines competent scholarship.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A &quot;must read&quot; as the Church has been as of late obsessed with the notion of Sexuality.]]></body>
    
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