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The Bible Made Impossible – Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture
Christian Smith
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Description for The Bible Made Impossible – Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Biblicism, an approach to the Bible common among some American evangelicals, emphasizes together the Bible's exclusive authority, infallibility, clarity, self-sufficiency, internal consistency, self-evident meaning, and universal applicability. Acclaimed sociologist Christian Smith argues that this approach is misguided and unable to live up to its own claims. If evangelical biblicism worked as its proponents say it should, there would not be the vast variety of interpretive differences that biblicists themselves reach when they actually read and interpret the Bible. Far from challenging the inspiration and authority of Scripture, Smith critiques a particular rendering of it, encouraging evangelicals to seek a more ... Read more
Biblicism, an approach to the Bible common among some American evangelicals, emphasizes together the Bible's exclusive authority, infallibility, clarity, self-sufficiency, internal consistency, self-evident meaning, and universal applicability. Acclaimed sociologist Christian Smith argues that this approach is misguided and unable to live up to its own claims. If evangelical biblicism worked as its proponents say it should, there would not be the vast variety of interpretive differences that biblicists themselves reach when they actually read and interpret the Bible. Far from challenging the inspiration and authority of Scripture, Smith critiques a particular rendering of it, encouraging evangelicals to seek a more ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9781587433290
SKU
V9781587433290
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About Christian Smith
Christian Smith (PhD, Harvard University) is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. He is the award-winning author or coauthor of numerous books, including What Is a Person? Rethinking Humanity, Social Life, and Moral Good from the ... Read more
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