The Bible made impossible
why biblicism is not a truly evangelical reading of Scripture
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Word Count
58,500 words, Guess
Page Count
234 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25053577M
- ISBN-139781587433030
- ISBN-101587433036
- OCLC Control Number662401637
- OCLC Control Numberbiblemadeimpossi0000smit
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011004345
Classifications
- DDC220.1
- LCCBS480 .S569 2011
Description
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. 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. Smith describes the assumptions, beliefs, and practices of evangelical biblicism and sets it in historical, sociological, and philosophical context. He explains why it is an impossible approach to the Bible as an authority and provides constructive alternative approaches to help evangelicals be more honest and faithful in reading the Bible.
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