Posts Tagged ‘United States Episcopal Church’

Episcopal Bishop Curry says ‘more to do’ as poll shows Christians viewed as hypocrites

Monday, March 14th, 2022

Ask a Christian to describe other Christians, and the answers likely will be “giving,” “compassionate,” “loving”, and “respectful.” Ask a non-Christian on the other hand, and the more likely descriptors you’ll get for Christians are “hypocritical,” “judgmental”, and “self-righteous.” Non-Christians are also far more likely to say Christians do not represent the teachings of Jesus. Read more

Can liberal Christianity be saved?

Friday, July 20th, 2012

In 1998, John Shelby Spong, then the reliably controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, published a book entitled “Why Christianity Must Change or Die.” Spong was a uniquely radical figure — during his career, he dismissed almost every element of traditional Christian faith as so much superstition — but most recent leaders of the Episcopal Church Read more