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The Letters of Paul (Riverhead Sacred Text Series)

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While this book is mainly a collection of the epistles, which can be found in any New Testament, it is worth purchasing for Spong's lengthy introduction in which he presents a radical but nevertheless fascinating theory concerning the first published theologian of the Christian church. Even though Spong's theory concerning the Apostle Paul cannot be proved or disproved based on New Testament evidence alone, it can also not be dismissed out of hand based on that very same evidence.

A refreshing way to read the first Christian author! Bishop Spong in his introduction offers challenging consideration and surprising insight into the person of Paul of Tarsus. Putting the Epistles into their probable chronological order offers further enlightenment on them.

The Epsicopal Church's main proponent of blessing homosexual unions basically justifies his view by trying to discredit or at least minimize the interpretation of Paul's writings by painting him as a self-hating, repressed homosexual. Typical agenda driven liberalism - not theology.

The author takes very little time in turning what could have been an interesting book and turns it into a political, homosexual normalization diatribe.