Abusing Scripture

The Consequences of Misreading the Bible

By Manfred Brauch

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 293 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: March 2009

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2579-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2579-0
IVP Order Code: 2579

Related Subjects

Doctrine
Hermeneutics/Exegesis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.The Nature of Scripture
2.The Abuse of the Whole Gospel
3.The Abuse of Selectivity
4.The Abuse of Biblical Balance
5.The Abuse of Words
6.The Abuse of Context: Literary and Theological
7.The Abuse of Context: Historical Situation and Cultural Reality
8. Concluding Reflections and Challenges
Appendix A: The Gospel of Personal Salvation and the Social Gospel
Appendix B: Views of Women in Intertestimental Judaism and Early Christianity
Appendix C: Just-War Theory
Appendix D: Letter to President Bush from Evangelical Leaders
Appendix E: Expanded Translation/Interpretation of Ephesians 5:21-33
Bibliography
Scripture Index