The last word : beyond the Bible wars to a new understanding of the authority of scripture
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- Author
- Wright, N.T. (Nicholas Thomas), 1948-
- Publication Date
- 2005
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BS 480 W83 2005
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York NY
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Publication Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- xiv, 146 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Published in the United Kingdom as `Scripture and the Authority of God'.
- Contents: Preface to the American Edition / Tom Wright -- Prologue -- By Whose Authority ? -- Israel and God's Kingdom-People -- Scripture and Jesus -- The `Word of God' in the Apostolic Church -- The First Sixteen Centuries -- The Challenge of the Enlightenment -- Misreadings of the Scriptures -- How to Get Back on Track -- Appendix : Recent Resources on Scripture.
- "Having made the Bible the focus of my own professional work for many years, I have become convinced that we are asking at least some of the questions in the wrong way. In an earlier article I explored one of the central questions: How can what is mostly a narrative text be `authoritative' " .... I then developed my argument in terms of seeing the biblical story as a five-act play, with ourselves called to improvise the concluding act, in Chapter 5 of `The New Testament and the People of God' ... This present little book builds on these two earlier attempts, and tries to set out the question in a new way. I have tried, in particular, to face head on the question of how we can speak of the Bible being in some sense `authoritative' when the Bible itself declares that all authority belongs to the one true God, and that this is now embodied in Jesus himself. ..... I have been particularly spurred to write this book by participating in two commissions which have been looking at the nature of `communion' (as in the phrase `Anglican Communion') and to which. naturally, questions about the Bible have been central. The International Anglican Doctrinal and Theological Commission has been meeting under the chairmanship of Bishop Stephen Sykes, and is still continuing its work. The Lambeth Commission, chaired by Archbishop Robin Eames, met three times in 2004 and published its findings (the Windsor Report) on October 18 of that year. The central thrust of the present book was developed, in conversation with my colleagues as part of the work of both these groups, and the overlap of some passages here with some paragraphs of the Windsor Report is an indication of my indebtedness to my colleagues and the conversations which forced me to think through issues afresh and to clarify what I was trying to say". -- Prologue, pp.xi-xii.
- Author is Bishop of Durham in the Church of England.
- Added Entry
- Scripture and the authority of God
- Subjects
- Bible - Evidences, authority, etc.
- Bible - Evidences, authority, etc. - Church of England
- Bible - Evidences, authority, etc. - Anglican Communion
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Church of England
- Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - Anglican Communion
- ISBN
- 0-06-081609-0 (cloth)
- Call Number
- BS 480 W83 2005
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)