Bishop queries Christian myths
NADINE WILLIAMS
August 17, 2007

CONTROVERSIAL American Anglican John Shelby Spong will preach at three Uniting Church parishes when he visits Adelaide this month.

The retired bishop, banned from speaking at Sydney's Anglican cathedral over his beliefs that Christianity's core beliefs are based on myth, is on an author's tour promoting his latest book, Jesus for the Non-Religious.

Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen has accused him of "gutting" the Christian faith.

St Peter's Cathedral Dean Steven Ogden said there was no ban in Adelaide, although elements of the Anglican community rejected Bishop Spong's teachings. the rest