Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious
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Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious

Re-enchanting the Text: Discovering the Bible as Sacred, Dangerous, and Mysterious

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Cheryl Bridges Johns (Author)  

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IIn 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.
Cheryl Bridges Johns (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a pastor and theologian who has taught college and seminary students for over 40 years. She is the Robert E. Fisher Chair of Spiritual Renewal at Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee, and is past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. She has researched the ways human development intersects with spiritual transformation for over three decades.
  • Contributor: Cheryl Bridges Johns
  • Imprint: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
  • ISBN13: 9781540965134
  • Number of Pages: 192
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • Release Date: 2023-05-16
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Cheryl Bridges Johns (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a pastor and theologian who has taught college and seminary students for over 40 years. She is the Robert E. Fisher Chair of Spiritual Renewal at Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee, and is past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. She has researched the ways human development intersects with spiritual transformation for over three decades.

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