United Church Clergy Love Marcus Borg

From The Living Church-

Eight of the 25 favorite theologians cited by clergy in the United Church of Canada have chosen eight Anglicans among their 25 favorite theologians.

Douglas Todd of The Vancouver Sun writes:

If you wondered if the thousands of clergy of the liberal United Church of Canada are always reading the Bible, or, alternatively, tend to steamy sex novels, the truth has been revealed in a worthwhile survey.

The respected United Church magazine, The Observer, surveyed a bunch of their clergy across the country and came up with the top 25 spiritual thinkers they’d recommend to the denomination’s roughly 500,000 members.

The Anglicans on the list, and their ranking in popularity among the United Church clergy, are:

1. Marcus Borg
4. C.S. Lewis
6. The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor
10. The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong
18. Phyllis Tickle
20. The Rev. Matthew Fox
21. The Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne
25. The Rt. Rev. N.T. Wright

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2011/8/18/united-church-clergy-love-marcus-borg