BOOKS

1973 HONEST PRAYER

Seabury Press/New York

1974 THIS HEBREW LORD

Seabury Press/New York

1988 Republished: Harper & Row/San Francisco

1993 Republished: HarperSan Francisco

1975 CHRISTPOWER

Hale Publishing/New York

1975 DIALOGUE: IN SEARCH OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING

Co-authored with Rabbi Jack D. Spiro

Seabury Press/New York

1976 LIFE APPROACHES DEATH: A DIALOGUE ON ETHICS IN MEDICINE

Co-authored with Daniel H. Gregory, M.D.

Richmond/Virginia

1980 THE EASTER MOMENT

Harper & Row/San Francisco

1987 Republished: Harper & Row/San Francisco

1983 INTO THE WHIRLWIND, the Future of the Church

Harper & Row/San Francisco

1986 BEYOND MORALISM, a Contemporary View of the Ten Commandments

co-authored with Denise G. Haines, Archdeacon

Harper & Row/San Francisco

1987 CONSCIOUSNESS AND SURVIVAL, an Interdisciplinary Inquiry
into the possibility of Life Beyond Biological Death, Edited by John S. Spong, Introduction by John S. Spong.

An Institute of Noetic Sciences Book/Sausalito, California

1988 LIVING IN SIN? A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality

Harper & Row/San Francisco

1991 RESCUING THE BIBLE FROM FUNDAMENTALISM: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture.

HarperSanFrancisco

1992 BORN OF A WOMAN, A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus

HarperSanFrancisco

1994 RESURRECTION: MYTH OR REALITY? A Bishop's Search for the Origins of Christianity

HarperSanFrancisco

1996 LIBERATING THE GOSPELS: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes,

HarperSanFrancisco

ARTICLES

1) Oct. 1970: "Can We Make Up Our Minds About Overseas?" The Episcopalian

2) Mar. 1973: "Vietnam Peace; Why Was There No Celebration?" The Virginia Seminary Journal

3) April 1973: "The Seagull Within Us" The Living Church

4) Sept. 1975: "This I Do Believe" The Living Church

5) Sept. 1975: "Journey" The Virginia Churchman

"The Truth of the Word and the Truth of Today"

6) Sept. 1976: Seabury Press Symposium

7) Nov. 1978: The Virginia Seminary Journal

8) Jan. 1979: "The Emerging Church: A New Form for a New Era" The Christian Century

"The Christian Need for Judaism"

9) Sept. 1980: The Christian Century

10) Nov/Dec 1980 The Ecumenical Bulletin

11) Nov/Dec 1981 The Journal of Religious Education

12) Jan. 1981: "Abortion: A Plea for Wisdom" The Living Church

"Evangelism, When Certainty is an Illusion"

13) Jan. 1982: The Christian Century

14) Mar. 1982: Cathedral Commentary

15) Feb. 1982: "Vocation is Stronger than Nationalism" The Witness

16) July 1982: "Ambassador Non-Commital: An Interview with the Ambassador from South Africa About Bishop Desmond Tutu" The Witness

"Sexual Stereotypes in the Life of the Church"

17) Nov. 1982: Ecumenical Trends

18) Jan. 1983: Contact

19) June 1983: "Hope and Fear in the Ecumenical Union" The Christian Century

20-31) "Selected Sermons" Seabury Press, annually from 1976 - 1986 (11 times)

32) Mar. 1984: "Remembering John Robinson - A Theological Mentor" The Christian Century

33) Mar. 1984: "Our Faith Story - A Many Layered Thing" The Episcopalian

34) April 1984: "Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land" The Episcopalian

35) Sept. 1984: "The Urban Church - Symbol and Reality" The Christian Century

36) Dec. 1984: "Can the Church Bless a Divorce?" The Christian Century

37) Jan. 1985: "John E. Hines - A Moment of Grace in the Life of the Church" The Witness

38) July 1985: "Here I Stand - A Believing Doubter" The Episcopalian

39) Fall, 1985: "Choosing a Vision - Church Sets Its Agenda for the Future" Jubilee

40) Oct. 1985: "Watching the Tragedy of South Africa" The Witness

41) Jan. 1986: "Understanding the Gay Reality" The Christian Century

42) Mar. 1986: "The Powerless Christ" The Witness

43) Summer 1986: "Worship and the Scientific Revolution" The St. Luke's Theological Journal, Sewanee, Tennessee

44) May 1986: "In Many Tongues, with a United Heart" The Episcopalian

45) Dec. 8, 1986: "Women - the Crux of Ecumenism" Christianity and Crises

46) Jan. 1987: "The Powerlessness of Jesus Christ" International Christian Digest

47) Feb. 1987: "Sexual Ethics: No Longer a Matter of Black and White" The Episcopalian

48) Apr. 26, 1987 "Changing Patterns of Sexuality" The Living Church

49) May 31, 1987: "The Bible and Sexual Ethics" The Living Church

50) 1987 "The Witness of an Easter Faith" an article in a collection of reflections on the Christian year by bishops of the Anglican communion, You Will Bear Witness, published by Anglican Book Center, Toronto, Canada

51) Jan. 1988: "A Rock of Ages" Virginia Seminary Journal, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2

52) Mar. 1988: "Leadership in the Prophetic Church" Evergreen Messenger, (Western Washington State)

53) Spring 1988: "On Doing Theology with Two Feet" Menorah, #13 - A Review Essay on Discerning the Way by Paul Van Buren, Seabury Press.

54) July 1988 "The Day the Bishop Got Mugged" The Episcopalian

55) July 1988 "Why the Bishop of London Is Wrong" The Independent, London, Eng.

56) Sept. 28,1988 "Steps Toward a Fuller Humanity" The Independent, London, Eng.

57) Spring, 1989 "Living in Sin? Revisited!" The Seminary Times, published by Wyndham Hall Press, Inc.

58) April, 1989 "An Invasion of Privacy" The Episcopalian

59) Spring, 1989 "In the Limelight" Books & Religion

60) 1989 "America's Survival Depends on Patriotism's Death" American Values, An Anthology, Greenhaven Press, Inc., San Diego, California

61) Apr. 18,1990 "Breaking Definitions" The Integrater, Newsletter of Integrity, Toronto

62) Oct. 1990 "Dying Priest Wanted Secret Told" The Episcopal Life

63) Sept. 21,1990 "Bishop, Please Tell My Congregation I Was Gay" The Church Times, London, Eng.

64) April, 1991 "No Outcasts" Update, Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns, New Brunswick, NJ

65) Nov. 1991 "The Oldest Debate in Christian History" More Light Update, New Brunswick, NJ

66) Spring, 1992 "Anglican/Roman Catholic Union - A Cause I Can No Longer Support" The Virginia Quarterly Review, Charlottesville, VA

67) Mar. 8, 1993 "From Waco to the World Trade Center" New York Newsday

68) Mar/Apr. 1993 "A Glimpse into the Twenty-First Century" The Human Quest

69) Feb. 1993 "Monogamy" Christian, Guildford, Eng.

70) July/Aug. 1993 "Essence of Religion: Serving Humanity, Not Fundamentalism" The Human Quest

71) Sep/Oct. 1993 "National Health Issues Should Include Human Values. The Debate Is Theological, Not Political" The Human Quest

72) Sept.16, 1993 "In Unity There Is Progress" The Vancouver Sun - Opinion Page Vancouver, B.C.

73) Sept. 1993 "A Dialogue on Christian Sexual Ethics" with John R. W. Stott, Crux A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

74) Nov/Dec 1993 "Christmas Symbols and Jewish Midrash" The Human Quest

75) 1993 "Nature and Role of Dissent in the Christian Church" Originally a conversation among Prof. Don Cupitt, Prof. Emeritus Lloyd Geering and Bishop John Spong, and a broadcast on Radio New Zealand, later published in booklet form by St. Andrew's Trust for the Study of Religion & Society, titled "Frontiers of Faith."

76) Apr. 1994 "Most Biblical Interpretation Illogical" The Human Quest

77) Jan. 1994 "From Waco to the World Trade Center" Newsweek Education Program

78) May/June 1994 "Judas Iscariot - A Creation of Prejudice?" The Human Quest

79) Dec. 1994 "Catholics for a Changing Church" Renew

80) Jul/Aug. 1994 "United Church of Canada's Leadership Contrasts with Deadly Traditionalism" The Human Quest

81) Sep/Oct. 1994 "Why I Am Not a Unitarian" The Human Quest

82) Nov/Dec 1994 "Sunset for the Episcopal Synod of America" The Human Quest

83) Jan/Feb 1995 "Mr. Clinton: It's Time To Name the Demon" The Human Quest

84) May/June 1995 "Our Moral Breakdown" The Human Quest

85) Sep/Oct. 1995 "John T. Robinson Remembered" The Human Quest

86) Nov/Dec. 1995 "Education or Propaganda" The Human Quest

87) 1995 "Religion As a Human Creation?" Sea of Faith Quarterly Magazine, Loughborough, U.K.

88) Jan/Feb. 1996 "The 'Christian' Political Agenda", The Human Quest

89) Mar/Apr 1996 "Heresy! This Church Is On Trial", The Human Quest

90) Feb. 2, 1996 "The Bible Is Wrong to Condemn Homosexuality", Morristown Daily Record

91) May/June,1996 "In Defense of Assisted Suicide", The Human Quest

92) July/Aug,1996 "The Graceful Life of Helen Orwig Hines", The Human Quest

93) Mar.14,1996 "Christian Church Is Heresy Trial's Real Defendant", The Star Ledger

94) Aug. 1996 "In Defense of Assisted Suicide", Prime Time Monthly

95) Nov/Dec,1996 "Being Christian Without Theism", The Human Quest

96) Jan/Feb. 1997 "Will Christianity Survive the New Millennium?", The Human Quest

97) Mar/Apr.1997 "On Tour with Liberating the Gospels", The Human Quest

98) Spring 1997 "The Strange Dance of Religion and Sexuality,", Sea of Faith Magazine

99) May/June 1997 "Farewell, My Friend - Bishop John Elbridge Hines," The Human Quest

100) July/Aug 1997 "Life is Not a Rehearsal," The Human Quest

101) Sep/Oct 1997 "The Shortness and Uncertainty of Human Life," The Human Quest