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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... read more
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First Sentence edit
The "biblicism" that pervades much of American evangelicalism is untenable and needs to be abandoned in favor of a better approach to Christian truth and authority.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Part 1: The Impossibility of Biblicism
1. Biblicism and the Problem of Pervasive Interpretive Pluralism
2. The Extend and source of Pervasive Interpretive Pluralism
3. Some Relevant History, Sociology, and Psychology
4. Subsidiary Problems with Biblicism
Part 2: Toward a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture
5. The Christocentric Hermeneutical Key
6. Accepting Complexity and Ambiguity
7. Rethinking Human Knowledge, Authority, and Understanding
Conclusion
Authors & Contributors edit
- Christian Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Brazos Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781587433030
Page Count: 220
Publisher: Brazos Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781587433030
Page Count: 220
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- Dewey: 220.1
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