The Bible: Culture, Community, Society

ISBN-13: 9780567657206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 272 str.

UK) Angus Paddison (University of Winchester; UK) Neil Messer (University of Winchester

Opis

What kind of authority does Scripture have? How is Scripture's authority to be negotiated in relation to other sources of authority? And what are the implications of confessing the Bible to be authoritative? The Bible: Culture, Community and Society seeks to answer these questions, covering three core themes. First, reading the Bible in the context of modernity - the challenges the intellectual history of modernity has posed to the Bible's authority and how historical work can co-exist with a commitment to the Bible as the Word of God. Secondly, the Bible as a text that forms the church community - how the Bible as an authoritative text shapes a culture. Thirdly, reading the Bible as a public text and the challenges posed by holding to the Bible as the Word of God in a religiously diverse context. The highly distinguished contributors include Ben Quash, David Ferguson, Angus Paddison and Zoe Bennett.

Spis treści

Introduction Neil Messer and Angus Paddison Part I - Reading the Bible in Modernity: The Authority of the Bible in an Age of Science and History The Bible in Modernity David Fergusson Science and the Bible Adam and his "Fall" as a Case Study Richard Bell History and the Bible The Bible, The Means of Life, and the Historical Imagination Ellen Davis Part II - The Bible as a Formative Text: Reading the Bible in the Church and Community John Ruskin and the Bible Zoë Bennett Community, Imagination and the Bible Ben Quash Part III - Reading the Bible in Public Reading the Bible Amidst the World Faiths Gavin D'Costa The Bible and Public Theology Andrew Bradstock The Bible: What Kind of Authority? Angus Paddison and Neil Messer