They tend to align with liberal secular humanism and one of their outspoken advocates is retired US Bishop John Shelby Spong.
The American Episcopal Bishop and writer John Shelby Spong believes that the New Testament is not against sex before marriage.
John Shelby Spong advocates a nuanced approach to scripture (as opposed to blunt Biblical literalism at the other end of the scale), informed by scholarship and compassion, which he argues can be consistent with both Christian tradition and a contemporary understanding of the universe.
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John Shelby Spong, Jesus for the Non-Religious (2007), ISBN 0-06-076207-1
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The papers latched on to his criticisms of Runcie, yet the preface was far more critical of the liberal Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins and the Bishop of Newark, John Shelby Spong.
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