Making Love with Scripture :Why the Bible Doesn't Mean How You Think It Means

Publication subTitle :Why the Bible Doesn't Mean How You Think It Means

Author: Myers   Jacob D.  

Publisher: Fortress Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9781506402604

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781451499551

Subject: B971 Bible

Keyword: 宗教

Language: ENG

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Making Love with Scripture

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Arguments over Scripture have divided denominations, churches, and families, and these squabbles have led many to abandon the faith altogether. Jacob D. Myers, a rising scholar, has a solution to the problem with Scripture. The instability of the Bible’s meaning, he argues, is not a weakness but a strength, and it can benefit conservatives and liberals alike. In a conversational style peppered with pop culture references, Myers provides a variety of tools for readers of the Bible, helping the experienced and inexperienced alike appreciate the sacred text in new ways.

Chapter

Introduction

Shake 'n Bake: Reading Scripture with Ricky Bobby

(Part I) Fifty Shades of Grey (Matter): Liberating God's Liberating Word

How to Get Away with Murder: The Death of the Author

99 Problems but the Text Ain't One: Cultural Interpretations of Scripture

Smeagol Knows the Way: Liberation Theologies of Scripture

(Part II): Oppa Gangnam Style: The Bible as Rave

Beware the Kragle: The World of Deconstruction

May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor: The Hunger Games of (Biblical) Interepretation

Don't Win the Game. Change It. Radical Theologies of Scripture

(Part III): This Is How We Do It: Reading hte Bible Today

Selflessness and Bravery Aren't All That Different: The Self before the Wor(l)d

What Does the Fox Say? Listening to the Wor(l)d

You Can't Handle the Truth: The Saturated Wor(l)d

Why Harry Potter Always Beats Voldemort: The Power of Love

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