Summary: Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong, former bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Newark, came to Chautauqua as the Interfaith lecturer each day to present the Week One theme, Eternal Life: a New Vision. Acclaimed as a teaching bishop who makes contemporary theology accessible to the ordinary layperson, he is considered the champion of an inclusive faith, both inside and outside the Christian church. “Jack” Spong discusses his views on being accused of heresy, science, history and religion, universal consciousness and a more internal view of the calling of faith in this alternative view of the afterlife with Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, director of the Department of Religion.
