Title

From Reading to Revering the Good Book, Or How the Word Became Fossil at the Creation Museum

Author(s)

Susan L. Trollinger, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2011

Publication Source

The Book, Texts and the Liberal Arts: Proceedings of the Maryville Symposium on Faith and the Liberal Arts

Abstract

Given the complexity of this sacred text and the intensity with which Protestants have sought to glean its truths from it, it is not surprising that Luther’s “dangerous idea” yielded countless splits, schisms, and sects. Whereas once there was the Church, Protestants dedication to reading the Scripture for themselves has brought an endless variety of theologies, practices, and fellowships with no end in sight. While every one of these groups claims (whether explicitly or implicitly) that they alone have the true word of God, none has been able to arrest the flow of interpretations. With everyone free to read the Bible as they wish, and read it differently they do, no one has been able to control its reading or the proliferation of its meaning. That is, until now.

Inclusive pages

29-49

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

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Copyright

Copyright © 2011, Maryville College

Publisher

Maryville College

Volume

4

Place of Publication

Maryville, TN

Peer Reviewed

yes

eCommons Citation

Trollinger, Susan L., "From Reading to Revering the Good Book, Or How the Word Became Fossil at the Creation Museum" (2011). English Faculty Publications. 55.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eng_fac_pub/55