My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway.

The virgin birth understood as literal biology makes Christ's divinity as traditionally understood impossible. Spong's calendar has him lecturing around the world. Haines Archdeacon) ISBN 1-878282-14-X
1987 – Consciousness and Survival: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the possibility of Life Beyond Biological Death (edited by John S.

He calls for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines. John Shelby "Jack" Spong (born June 16 1931) is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church.