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biblical hermeneutics

October 27, 2012

Using and misusing St Paul: wisdom, gender and sexuality
May 1, 2012

Approaching the Bible with an open heart

The Voice, a new translation of the Bible, has sparked an impassioned but not always very well-informed debate about the nature of the text, observes Savi Hensman. But skilful understanding and interpretation invite open-heartedness, not close-mindedness, she suggests.
January 5, 2012

Occupy and reading the Bible after Christendom

"What would Jesus do?” Questions being asked by the Occupy movement are a symptom of an even wider movement to read the Bible in news ways, as the alliance of church and state breaks up, says New Testament specialist Lloyd Pietersen. He suggest three interpretative moves that have to be made to re-connection with biblical texts today.
April 8, 2011

Is a 'secular bible' good enough?

It is not the non-theistic philosophy that is dismaying in Grayling’s new 'secular bible', says Maggi dawn. It’s the sheer failure of imagination of someone who will dismiss the real Bible as mumbo jumbo, while putting their own uninspiring prose out there as an alternative.
March 9, 2011

International Women's Day call to read the Bible 'through a gender lens'

Global commemorations of International Women's Day have included a public call for reading the Bible "through a gender lens".
December 8, 2010

Asian challenge to distorted biblical readings that cost the earth

Asian Christian leaders have challenged a distorted interpretation of the Genesis story about God telling humans to "subdue" the earth.
October 25, 2010

Thinking theologically: Bible, tradition, reason and experience
September 10, 2010

Harvey Cox on getting to grips with the Bible

Eminent theologian and long-time Harvard Divinity School professor Harvey Cox will give the Massachusetts Bible Society's 2010 Harrell F. Beck Lecture Series entitled "Coming to Grips with the Bible".
August 2, 2010

Turning the Bible into a weapon against the 'other'

Anglican Archbishop Nicholas Okoh and his allies claim to speak for "Bible-believing" Christians or those seeking to defend the cultures of Africa, Asia and Latin America from malign western influences, says Savi Hensman. Yet neither claim holds water.
February 23, 2010

Standing by 'biblical truth'?

When televangelist Pat Robertson made his much decried comments last month about the Haiti earthquake being divine punishment for a "pact with the devil", critics and defenders alike took him at his word that he was asserting a "biblical view". This just goes to show how little we know.