{"product_id":"the-bible-made-impossible-why-biblicism-is-not-a-truly-evangelical-reading-of-scripture-9781587433290","title":"The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-318913\"\u003eChristian Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brazos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587433290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 158743329X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL006080\"\u003eBiblical Criticism \u0026amp; Interpretation | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Harvard University) is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. He is the award-winning author or coauthor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Is a Person? Rethinking Humanity, Social Life, and Moral Good from the Person Up\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSouls in Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults\u003c\/i\u003e. His research focuses primarily on religion in modernity, adolescents, American evangelicalism, and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462852358381,"sku":"9781587433290","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_7ec72c3e-18f3-4636-9e62-a502cf2f37c6.jpg?v=1753710336","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-bible-made-impossible-why-biblicism-is-not-a-truly-evangelical-reading-of-scripture-9781587433290","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}