Book description
Many Christians mistakenly believe that their only choice is either to reconcile themselves to a fundamentalist reading of scripture (a "literal-factual" approach) or to simply reject the Bible as something that could bring meaning and value into their lives. In Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Marcus Borgā¦
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Why read it?
1 author picked Reading the Bible Again for the First Time as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I grew up in a conservative church in the American South, the home of evangelical fundamentalismābut Marcus Borg offered me a great pathway out of the narrow-mindedness of literalistic, authoritarian religion.
The subtitle of this book says it all: there is a path to taking the Bible more seriously (as a spiritual book) when we stop insisting on reading it literally. Borg combines quality scholarship with an almost mystical appreciation of the wisdom encoded in the ancient scripture.
For me, reading his book was an invitation not only to read the Bible anew, but to fall in love with itā¦
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