Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. A place to begin : the old is no more, the new is not yet -- 2. The signs of the death of theism -- 3. Self-consciousness and theism : Siamese twins at birth -- 4. Beyond theism but not beyond God -- 5. The original Christ : before the theistic distortion -- 6. Watching theism capture Christianity -- 7. Changing the basic Christian myth -- 8. Jesus beyond incarnation: a nontheistic divinity -- 9. Original sin is out, the reality of evil is in -- 10. Beyond evangelism and world mission to a post-theistic universalism -- 11. But what about prayer -- 12. The ecclesia of tomorrow -- 13. Why does it matter : the public face of the ecclesia -- 14. The courage to move into the future.
Summary, etc.:
Bishop John Shelby Spong describes his belief in God and in Jesus Christ, which does not subscribe to a literal reading of the Bible, and explains what sorts of changes he feels need to occur within the Christian church.