Borg was raised in the experiences similar to those described by Rudolf Otto , Borg became active in the Episcopal church, in which his wife serves as a priest.
Borg advocates entering into relationship ''with'' God as more important than belief ''about'' God. He has a Panentheist understanding of God , which sees God as both indwelling in everything and transcendent. He teaches that a historical metaphorical approach to the Bible is more meaningful for today's world than is Biblical Literalism ,
- ''The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem'', co-authored with John Dominic Crossan, 2006
- ''The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith'' (2003)
- ''Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally'' (2001)
- ''God at 2000'' (editor, eith Ross Mackenzie, 2001)
- ''The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions''. Co-authored with N. Thomas Wright, 1999, ISBN 0-06-060875-7
- ''Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan'', 1998 (Marcus Borg, Respondent)
- ''Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus'', rev. ed., 1998 (originally published in 1984)
- ''Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings'', ed., 1997
- ''The God We Never Knew'', 1997
- ''The Lost Gospel Q'', ed., 1996
- ''Jesus at 2000'', ed., 1996
- ''The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels'', co-authored with John Dominic Crossan and Stephen Patterson, ed. by Hershel Shanks, 1994
- ''Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship'', 1994
- ''Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time'', 1994, ISBN 0-06-060917-6
- ''Jesus: A New Vision'', 1987
- ''The Year of Luke'', 1976
- ''Conflict and Social Change'', 1971
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