The Problem with Fundamentalism
We believe that the God who spoke the universe into existence actually became a human being and dwelt among us. Furthermore, he left us a rich text full of his teachings. Sadly, however, the Jesuit revelation is easily negated by a fundamentalist theory about how to read the biblical text. This pape...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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New blackfriars
Year: 2008, Volume: 89, Issue: 1020, Pages: 214-216 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jesus
B Revelation B Scripture B Bible B Fundamentalism |
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| Summary: | We believe that the God who spoke the universe into existence actually became a human being and dwelt among us. Furthermore, he left us a rich text full of his teachings. Sadly, however, the Jesuit revelation is easily negated by a fundamentalist theory about how to read the biblical text. This paper argues that the whole of Scripture must be read from the perspective of the Gospel lest we make the Jesus revelation into merely one prophetic revelation among many. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2005 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New blackfriars
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2007.00169.x |