Scripture, Perspicuity, and Postmodernity

Scripture as clear and readable by anyone, as perspicuous, was a Reformation affirmation particularly affirmed by Baptists. Today this view can be characterized as dependent upon modernity's flawed assumptions concerning the veracity of human reason. This essay reflects briefly on the developme...

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Main Author: Maddox, T. D. F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2003
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2003, Volume: 100, Issue: 4, Pages: 555-585
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