Throughout Christian history, interpretations of biblical scripture have deeply influenced doctrines that shape beliefs, ethical standards, and societal norms. Despite the insistence by many ...

An article on science and biblical interpretation caught my eye last week (Oct. 13, 2013) not because Dr. Jason Lisle is a “young earth” creationist (he is the director of research at the Institute of ...

It has become quite common on college campuses to see young liberal students defending religions against detractors who would paint all adherents of faith as radical or militant. While the former is ...

What inspired you to write An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation? I used some of the work of feminist, Black feminist, and womanist writers when I was in graduate school, but I had never ...

Throughout the history of Christianity, followers of Jesus have earnestly sought to interpret Scripture faithfully and objectively, often believing they were applying rigorous, objective methods to ...

White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently defended President Trump’s new policy of separating children from their parents at the border, claiming that “the law” requires this procedure.

The history of American Bible interpretation can give us some answers. Along with workers worried about their jobs and conspiratorial types worried about a robot takeover, many scholars and pastors ...

Here's a little paper I wrote back in 2003 while I still had time to devote to academia (B.Th). It may be of interest to some; theist and atheist alike. In biblical exegesis, the interpreter is faced ...

I have read Keita’s essay and was struck by some of the points which he mentioned as well as the many assumptions. Just like every critique levelled at the written word (be that Classical Greek ...