{"product_id":"eternal-life-a-new-vision-beyond-religion-beyond-theism-beyond-heaven-and-hell-paperback","title":"Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Shelby Spong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a lifetime of wisdom, New York Times bestselling author and controversial religious leader John Shelby Spong continues to challenge traditional Christian theology in Eternal Life: A New Vision. In this remarkable spiritual autobiography about his lifelong struggle with the questions of God and death, he reveals how he ultimately came to believe in eternal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does one journey past the limits of religion to find an authentic, modern belief in eternity?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Meaning of Mortality: \u003c\/b\u003e Walk with Spong through his own personal encounters with death, from childhood to his work as a bishop, as he deconstructs the fears that shape traditional belief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeyond Heaven and Hell: \u003c\/b\u003e Why the traditional, behavior-controlling concepts of reward and punishment must be abandoned to find a mature spirituality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA New Vision of God: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover a God not as a supernatural, external being, but as the Ground of All Being--the source of life, love, and consciousness in which we all participate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Path of the Mystics: \u003c\/b\u003e How the mystical tradition, from the author of John's Gospel to today, points to a universal consciousness that transcends death itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBishop John Shelby Spong, author of \u003cem\u003eJesus for the Non-Religious\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhy Christianity Must Change\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eDie, Sins of Scripture\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other books, is known for his controversial ideas and fighting for minority rights. In \u003cem\u003eEternal Life: A New Vision\u003c\/em\u003e, a remarkable spiritual journey about his lifelong struggle with the questions of God and death, he reveals how he came to a new conviction about eternal life. God, says spong, is ultimately one, and each of us is part of that oneness. We do not live on after death as children who have been rewarded with heaven or punished with hell but as part of the life and being of God, sharing in God's eternity, which is beyond the barriers of time and space. spong argues that the discovery of the eternal can be found within each of us if we go deeply into ourselves, transcend our limits and become fully human. By seeking God within, by living each day to its fullest, we will come to understand how we live eternally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways compelling and controversial, Spong, the leading Christian liberal and pioneer for human rights, wrestles with the question that all of us will ultimately face. In his final book, Spong takes us beyond religion and even beyond Christianity until he arrives at the affirmation that the fully realized human life empties into and participates in the eternity of God. The pathway into God turns out to be both a pathway into ourselves and a doorway into eternal life. To Job's question \"If a man (or a woman) dies, will he (or she) live again?\" he gives his answer as a ringing yes!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.02 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53058032566496,"sku":"9780060778422","price":21.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/EXE2QS7-G9780060778422.webp?v=1781389482","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/eternal-life-a-new-vision-beyond-religion-beyond-theism-beyond-heaven-and-hell-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}