Overcoming Theism
Overcoming a Theistic God In his work, “Why Christianity Must Change or Die,” Bishop John Shelby Spong addresses Christians who have lost touch with the common church. ... The chapter is titled, “Beyond Theism to New God Images,” and in it he explores the history of the human interpretation of God, as well as several new God images. ... It follows that the church would model the image of God after man’s image, generating an intense theism molded after the physical human composition. ... ’ To escape our anachronistic interpretation of “who” God is, we must evade theism and reconsider “what” God is.