For twenty years, Episcopal Bishop John Spong, wrote a monthly column in his diocesan newspaper, The Voice. Throughout the years, he used the paper as a pulpit for his progressive views about faith, dogma, tradition, and human rights. Compiled and edited by his daughter, Christine, this collection serves as an excellent introduction to Spong's breathtaking breadth of interest and capability as one of the century's leading voices for religious and human inclusivity.

Introduction

11

(8)

Part One: The Human Face of a Public Figure

A Most Remarkable Lady

19

(4)

Meditation on a Dateline

23

(4)

An Annual American Celebration: Graduation

27

(4)

It's a Girl

31

(3)

My Cousin Bill

34

(4)

Making a House a Home

38

(5)

Christine

43

(4)

A Doughty, Delightful Figure

47

(3)

Farewell, My Treasured Friend

50

(4)

John A. T. Robinson Remembered

54

(4)

I'm Just Wild about Harry!

58

(3)

His Name Was Ray Roberts

61

(5)

Wanda

66

(4)

Part Two: Religion and Politics

English Fiscal Decisions and U.S. Policies

70

(2)

Religion and the Election

72

(3)

Lunch at the White House

75

(7)

Diagnosis: Spiritual Vacuum and Moral Decay

82

(5)

Mr. Clinton: It's Time to Name the Demon

87

(5)

Where Is the Christ in the ``Christian'' Agenda

92

(4)

Election 1998: The Defeat of the Religious Right

96

(5)

Part Three: Religion and Church

New Bishop, New Hopes, New Dreams (Excerpts)

101

(3)

Lambeth 1998: Women Bishops, Polygamy, and the Nature of Prejudice

104

(5)

Lambeth 1998: Christianity Caught in a Time Warp

109

(4)

Feeding the Flock Down Under

113

(4)

Face-Off in Vancouver

117

(4)

An English Reporter's Odyssey: Two Days in the Diocese of Newark

121

(4)

Visionless in the Name of Unity

125

(4)

Heresy! This Church Is on Trial!

129

(4)

If I Have Seen the Future of the Church, I Do Not Like It

133

(5)

A Wee Insight from a Bonnie Land

138

(5)

Part Four: Conversations with Other Faiths

A Hindu-Christian Dialogue

143

(3)

A Dialogue in a Buddhist Temple

146

(5)

Part Five: Religion and Life

Does the Episcopal Church Welcome You?

151

(5)

Christian Truth Requires Academic Freedom

156

(3)

Apartheid: There Is Still a Slim Chance

159

(3)

Racism Reborn

162

(4)

Banning Abortion

166

(3)

In Defense of Assisted Suicide

169

(4)

The Environment Begs the Question: Servant to Humankind?

173

(4)

Homosexuality

177

(4)

Debating Sexual Issues

181

(4)

Women Priests: Rome to Canterbury--Extraordinary Letters

185

(4)

Part Six: God, Jesus, and Christianity

A Free Man

189

(2)

Our World Is a Changing Kaleidoscope

191

(3)

Challenger: Technology Fails Us; Does God?

194

(5)

Embracing the Exile

199

(4)

No Neat Answers

203

(5)

Yes, Virginia, There Is a God!

208

(5)

The Lord Is Risen...He Is Risen Indeed!

213

(4)

Propaganda or Education? A New Vocation for the Church

217

(4)

Can One Be a Christian without Being a Theist?

221

(4)

Will Christianity Survive the New Millennium?

225

(5)

Heaven's Gate and the Death of Christianity

230

(4)

The New Reformation: Revisiting the Meaning of Christ

234

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