Re-enchanting the Text
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Re-enchanting the Text

Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious

Johns, Cheryl Bridges

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Re-enchanting the Text

Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious

Johns, Cheryl Bridges

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About This Book

In an age when the Bible has been stripped of its sacredness and functional biblical illiteracy reigns, this book makes the case that we must work to re-enchant the text in order to return the Bible to its rightful place in the lives of Christians. Cheryl Bridges Johns explains how the Enlightenment's turn to the rational human subject made it possible to objectify the Bible and has distorted our interpretations of Scripture. This move generated a belief that studying the Bible was primarily a means of supporting facts and providing evidence of competing visions of reality. This "modern" version of the Bible does not trouble our nights with apocalyptic images. It has been stripped of its power. She also shows that both "liberal" and "fundamentalist" interpretation are failed forms of disenchanted readings. Johns argues that we must rediscover the Bible as a sacred, dangerous, mysterious, and presence-filled wonderland to counteract biblical illiteracy in an increasingly post-Christian landscape.

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Publisher
Baker Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781493436675
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Cover
  3. Endorsements
  4. Half Title Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Preface
  10. 1. The Strange Silence of the Bible
  11. 2. The Search for a Way Ahead
  12. 3. Longing for Enchantment
  13. 4. The Contours of Enchantment
  14. 5. Hopeful Signs
  15. 6. The Enchanting Festival of Pentecost
  16. 7. Foundations of the Enchanted Text of Holy Scripture
  17. 8. Dimensions of the Enchanted Text of Holy Scripture
  18. 9. Re-enchanting the People of God
  19. Index
  20. Back Cover
Citation styles for Re-enchanting the Text

APA 6 Citation

Johns, & Bridges, C. (2023). Re-enchanting the Text ([edition unavailable]). Baker Academic. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3055621 (Original work published 2023)

Chicago Citation

Johns, and Cheryl Bridges. (2023) 2023. Re-Enchanting the Text. [Edition unavailable]. Baker Academic. https://www.perlego.com/book/3055621.

Harvard Citation

Johns and Bridges, C. (2023) Re-enchanting the Text. [edition unavailable]. Baker Academic. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3055621 (Accessed: 25 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Johns, and Cheryl Bridges. Re-Enchanting the Text. [edition unavailable]. Baker Academic, 2023. Web. 25 June 2024.