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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
A. N. Wilson
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Description for The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
Paperback. From one of our leading social and cultural historians comes a dazzling and original exploration of how, and why, we should still be reading the Bible, even if we no longer believe. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years. He challenges the way fundamentalists - whether believers or non-believers - have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its ... Read more
In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years. He challenges the way fundamentalists - whether believers or non-believers - have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848879614
SKU
V9781848879614
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About A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire and was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.
Reviews for The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
An accessible guide to reading the Bible ... [A.N. Wilson] says difficult and challenging things in a light and easy way, and makes the reader feel that the Bible will be a delight rather than a burden to read.
Times Literary Supplement
[A] fascinating and superbly researched biography
Mail on Sunday
An elegant and insightful book ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
[A] fascinating and superbly researched biography
Mail on Sunday
An elegant and insightful book ... Read more