Study Guide to John Shelby Spong A New Christianity for a New World.   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Session 3 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | General

 

 

Additional Information for Session Three:
Jesus Before & After Constantine

Common Sayings Tradition	The CST material is now available in three formats: PDF File with annotations and color-coding eBook (Handheld | Mac | PC) (also requires free Palm eBook Reader software) MS Word file (.doc format) with the CST text in black and white and without the annotations.
Dates: The First Christian Century	A one page listing of possible dates for the NT and other early Christian writings, along with selected events and characters.
Enrolling at the School of Honesty:Historical Jesus Studies and the Future of Christianity	Gregory C. Jenks The first of two addresses to the Anglican Diocese of Perth Summer School (January 2002). The second address, "What About the Neighbours? An Agenda for Affection in a World of Many Faiths." is also available on this site and is suggested for Session Five.
Historical Jesus studies	FFF gateway to various online resources relevant to Historical Jesus studies. The following sites are especially recommended: A Portrait of Jesus. From Galilean Jew to the Face of God. From Jesus to Christ Into His Own: A Perspective on the World of Jesus Palestine in the Time of Jesus
Historical Jesus Thanksgiving	Alternative Great Thanksgiving for the Eucharist, with explicit themes from the historical sayings and acts of Jesus, written by Canadian Anglican Priest, Gary Botha.
	Based on the work of John Dominic Crossan, this FFF project is developing an annotated online inventory of all extant items in the ancient Jesus traditions, with historical assessments by selected scholars and links to related files on this site.
Keith McPaul	Links to materials used with an NCNW study group at Maleny, Queensland. Supplementary material for a preliminary session, and also for each session other than session four: 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Michael Morwood	A selection of extracts from Michael Morwood, Is Jesus God? contributed by Jan Snook (Toowoomba).
Gregory J. Riley, One Jesus, Many Christs	Gregory J. Riley, One Jesus, Many Christs. How Jesus inspired not one true Christianity but many. The truth about Christian origins. San Francisco, 1997.
Richard E. Rubenstein, When Jesus Became God.	Richard E. Rubenstein, When Jesus Became God. The struggle to define Christianity during the last days of Rome. Harvest Books, 2000. ISBN: 0156013150
Bishop John Shelby Spong	This Hebrew Lord Full text of John Shelby Spong's 1974 text. Available as part of the Religion Online collection.

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