Unleashing the Scripture: Freeing the Bible from Captivity to America

by Stanley Hauerwas

Overview

This provocative critique of the uses and abuses of Scripture in the American church shows how liberal (historical-critical) and fundamentalist (literal) approaches to biblical scholarship have corrupted our use of the Bible. Hauerwas argues that the Bible can only be understood in the midst of a disciplined community of people, where the story is actually lived out by dedicated practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780687316786
Publisher:	Abingdon Press
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.02(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Stanley Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law at the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He has written a voluminous number of articles, authored and edited many books, and has been the subject of other theologians' writing and interest. He has been a board member of the Society of Christian Ethics, Associate Editor of a number of Christian journals and periodicals, and a frequent lecturer at campuses across the country.