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The Bible Made Impossible

Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • 13.8 x 21.4 x 1.8 cm

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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 this approach is misguided and unable to live up to its own claims. If evangelical biblicism worked as its proponents say it should, there would not be the vast variety of interpretive differences that biblicists themselves reach when they actually read and interpret the Bible. Far from challenging the inspiration and authority of Scripture, Smith critiques a particular rendering of it, encouraging evangelicals to seek a more responsible, coherent, and defensible approach to biblical authority.

This important book has generated lively discussion and debate. The paperback edition adds a new chapter responding to the conversation that the cloth edition has sparked.

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  • Author

    Christian Smith

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Baker Publishing Group

  • Published

    August 2012

  • Weight

    296g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781587433290

  • ISBN-10

    158743329X

  • Eden Code

    4075941

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