Secularism and biblical studies
By: edited by Roland Boer.
Contributors: Boer, Roland, 1961-
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845533748; 9781845533755
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Secularization (Theology); Secularism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Secularism and the Bible / Roland Boer; title: Part A: Initial engagement at the forum; title: Scholarship and faith in Bible study / Michael V. Fox; title: The unspeakable in biblical scholarship / Jacques Berlinerblau; title: Part B: The manifesto debate; title: A manifesto for biblical studies / Roland Boer; title: Boer's manifesto : part of the solution or part of the problem : some reflections from a Swedish perspective / Hanna Stenstrum; title: Guns do not kill, people do! (Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov) / Niels Peter Lemche; title: Theological secularity : a response to Roland Boer / Mark G. Brett; title: Is Boer among the prophets? : transforming the legacy of marxian critique / Todd Penner; title: The end of biblical studies as a moral obligation / Hector Avalos; title: Responsibilities to the publics of biblical studies and critical rhetorical engagements for a safer world / Joseph A. Marchal; title: A German landscape : currents and credits of New Testament studies in Germany during the past decades / Heike Omerzu; title: Private or public? the challenge of public theology to biblical studies / Philip Chia; title: The paradoxes of secularism; title: Neither religious nor secular : on saving the critic in biblical-criticism / Ward Blanton; title: From Jefferson's Bible to Judge Moore's Ten commandments monument : ecularizing the Bible in the USA / Egar W. Conrad; title: From ruth to foreign workers in contemporary Israel  : a case study in the interaction of religion, politics and the economy / Athalya Brenner; title: The Samaritans : biblical considerations in the solution of a political problem / Yairah Amit; title: The biblical roots of secularism / Philip Davies.