Spiritual Reading: A Study of the Christian Practice of Reading Scripture - Couverture souple

Harvey, Angela Lou

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 022717612X ISBN 13 : 9780227176122

Editeur : James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Spiritual Reading explores how God, the Bible and the practices of reading are all connected. Angela Lou Harvey investigates how the spiritual reading of the Bible takes place in our modern, literate, Western culture. In this context, a spiritual reading of the Bible is one that aims to know and love God through individual Bible reading. Spiritual Reading discusses what it means to read the Bible well and looks at the role of the church as giving us guidance for reading it in this way. Harvey considers these ideas vis-a-vis historically orientated biblical scholarship as well as reading the Bible as a classic work of Western literature. With reference to the use of literature through a Christian framework in the works of C.S. Lewis and Alan Jacobs, Harvey analyses the significance the Bible has had in shaping other literary works. Drawing upon insights of theologians such as Karl Barth, Henri de Lubac, and Ellen F. Davis, Spiritual Reading suggests that a renewed understanding of faith is needed for the spiritual reading of Scripture. Spiritual Reading is for the reader who wishes to gain a deeper understanding on how Scripture can better connect an individual to God.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Angela Lou Harvey holds degrees from Rice University, Harvard Divinity School, and Durham University, from which she received her PhD. Having grown up in Texas, she now lives in the UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 022717612X
• ISBN 13: 9780227176122
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
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