OP-ED COLUMNISTCan Liberal Christianity Be Saved? [In this case I am in favor of euthanasia.] By ROSS DOUTHAT IN 1998, John Shelby Spong, then the reliably controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, [...who, if I recall correctly, at one point said he did not believe in God...] 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 have shared his premise.
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Douthat’s NYT Op-Ed: Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?
