John Shelby Spong is one of the leading spokespersons for liberal Christianity and the author of many books, including the bestselling and controversial Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, written during his tenure as Episcopal bishop of Newark. The Sins of Scripture challenges and seeks to redeem those biblical texts that have been used through history to justify the denigration or persecution of others while carrying with them the implied and imposed authority of the claim that they were the "Word of God."