In this Book
- Reading the Bible for all the Wrong Reasons:
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
summary
The Bible can be hazardous to one's health if read with faulty expectations. Writing with compassion and wit, Russell Pregeant shows that reading "without interpretation" is impossible. The right question is which assumptions are appropriate. He addresses the most common and most harmful assumptions about the Bible, beginning with the expectation that it will always "speak" as directly and immediately as a fortune cookie. He moves on to address biblical authority, the Bible and science, "last days" prophecies, and the Bible as rulebook and guide to beliefs. Pregeant insists that we take responsibility for what we do with this powerful book.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-7
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Chapter 6: The Bible and Our Beliefs
- pp. 85-102
- Chapter 7: Life in the Spirit
- pp. 103-128
Additional Information
ISBN
9781451417944
Related ISBN(s)
9780800698447
MARC Record
OCLC
868221233
Pages
152
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No