Letter to the editor: Prejudice stems from literal reading of the text
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article35558
- Author
- Thompson, A. Frank
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2009 February
- Author
- Thompson, A. Frank
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2009 February
- Volume
- 135
- Issue
- 2
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- The author shares some of the concerns expressed by critics of Walter Deller's article expressed in the November 2008 Letters to the editor, namely "The oppressions of women under sharia law in some Muslim countries and the nihilistic violence of suicide bombers". However, "Mr. Deller was right, it seems to me, in suggesting that a root cause of harmful prejudice in a range of social issues can be found in a literalistic reading of a supposedly inerrant text -- whether Bible or Qu'ran".
- Subjects
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Anglican Church of Canada
- Fundamentalism - Christianity
- Fundamentalism - Islam
- Location
- General Synod Archives