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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

John Shelby Spong

1931 - 2021

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John Shelby "Jack" Spong (June 16, 1931 – September 12, 2021) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church, born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He served as the Bishop of Newark, New Jersey from 1979 to 2000. Spong was a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator, and author who called for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Shelby Spong has received more than 606,413 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Shelby Spong is the 2,350th most popular religious figure, the 6,399th most popular biography from United States and the 49th most popular American Religious Figure.

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  • 610k

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  • 46.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Shelby Spong ranks 2,350 out of 2,238. Before him are Joseph Höffner, Elio Toaff, Paul Peter Meouchi, Oswald of Worcester, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, and Ali Gomaa. After him are Georg Sterzinsky, Paul Egede, Justin Welby, Adalbero of Reims, Julius Döpfner, and Marguerite Bays.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, John Shelby Spong ranks 334. Before him are Yoshiko Kuga, Dana Wynter, Hans van Mierlo, Riane Eisler, Charles Bassett, and Leslie Bricusse. After him are Anatoli Ilyin, Dino da Costa, D. J. Fontana, Nick Adams, Viktor Tsaryov, and Jaime Ramírez. Among people deceased in 2021, John Shelby Spong ranks 450. Before him are Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Markie Post, Ivo Trumbić, Jean-François Stévenin, John Richardson, and Leslie Bricusse. After him are Mary Wilson, John Polkinghorne, Tatyana Tolstaya, Antón García Abril, Yevgeny Nesterenko, and Goodwill Zwelithini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Shelby Spong ranks 6,399 out of 18,182. Before him are Gunther Schuller (1925), Dexter Jackson (1969), Evelyn Ashford (1957), Gregory Olsen (1945), Robert Hays (1947), and Robert Richardson (1955). After him are Melissa Mathison (1950), Kevin Sussman (1970), Henry L. Giclas (1910), Michael Sembello (1954), Victor Buono (1938), and Alexander Payne (1961).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, John Shelby Spong ranks 49. Before him are Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), James Stafford (1932), Seán Patrick O'Malley (1944), Francis Spellman (1889), Adoniram Judson (1788), and Alvin Sargent (1927). After him are Emma Tillman (1892), James Michael Harvey (1949), Mother Angelica (1923), Edmund Szoka (1927), Raymond E. Brown (1928), and Lillian Disney (1899).

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