Transposition and Inspiration: Revisiting the Evangelical Anxiety over C. S. Lewis’s View of Inerrancy
Evangelicals have often considered C. S. Lewis’s view of scripture insufficient, viewing several of his statements as directly rejecting the inerrancy of scripture. However, this reading overlooks a foundational theological principle which frames Lewis’s view on scripture—his notion of ‘transpositio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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The Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 94, Issue: 4, Pages: 279-298 |
| Further subjects: | B
transposition
B Inspiration B Scripture B Inerrancy B Evangelical B C. S. Lewis |
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| Summary: | Evangelicals have often considered C. S. Lewis’s view of scripture insufficient, viewing several of his statements as directly rejecting the inerrancy of scripture. However, this reading overlooks a foundational theological principle which frames Lewis’s view on scripture—his notion of ‘transposition’. When read in light of this principle, Lewis’s statements on the inspiration of scripture gain greater nuance and resist a strict reading of him as noninerrantist. More, Lewis’s principle of transposition, when applied to scripture, affords space for developing a thick account of inerrancy. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-09404001 |