| LC control no. | n 79142569 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spong, John Shelby |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Newark (N.J.) |
| Located | Richmond (Va.) |
| Birth date | 1931-06-16 |
| Death date | 2021-09-12 |
| Place of birth | Charlotte (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
| Field of activity | Theology |
| Affiliation | Episcopal Church |
| Profession or occupation | Clergy Bishops Theologians |
| Found in | His Honest prayer, 1972. Contemporary authors online, July 20, 2011 (John Shelby Spong; b. June 16, 1931, Charlotte, NC; clergyman and author; bishop of Northern New Jersey Episcopal Church, Newark, 1976-2000) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 6/16/31) Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 15, 2021 (in obituary dated "yesterday": The Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian and former bishop who shook up the modern Episcopal Church, championing the inclusion of women and LGBTQ people in the clergy while promoting a nonliteral interpretation of scripture, died Sept. 12 at his home in Richmond. He was 90. John Shelby Spong was born in Charlotte on June 16, 1931) |
| National bib agency no. | 1014L7802E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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